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[-] what@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Is the pirate bay not good for this? I was surprised I didn't see them mentioned.

[-] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

I don't think TPB is strictly recommended for anything anymore, I could be out of the loop on that.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

As a simple matter of fact, many people are still recommending TPB. It gets the job done a lot of the time.

[-] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wouldn't deny or argue that. I was under the impression that it just had more pitfalls than other sources these days, which led to it no longer being the go-to source it once was.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I haven't noticed any pitfalls, but some other sites have fancy looking interfaces, and they might organize things in a fashion that you find more convenient. In other words, it's a question of what features you want and where you can find them.

[-] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Perfectly valid. I used to use TPB a lot back in the day but now I find pretty much everything I want on 1337x.

[-] what@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Wow I'm definitely out of the loop. Any reason why?

[-] minimar@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

It's basically the wild west nowadays, totally unmoderated.

[-] Policeshootout@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

About two or so years ago somebody on Reddit was saying it's basically a honeypot for catching people torrenting. But I have nothing to back this up and possibly my memory isn't accurate either. I've just avoided it since then though.

[-] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry, I'm not plugged in enough to give you the rundown. Certainly plenty of people still use it without issue but last time I tried, I could only access it through mirrors. I also vaguely recall them only offering magnet links when my setup requires .torrent files for reasons that aren't worth getting into because I expect they're weirdly specific to my setup.

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