Ask a Pirate: What p2p networks do you use in 2023? (vlemmy.net)

submitted 1 year ago by iopq@vlemmy.net to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I do use BitTorrent, but it's never going to beat the convenience of just searching for a file and getting it when p2p networks first came out.

For niche stuff like 1930s movies sometimes I need to start a few torrents to make sure at least one of them has seeds.

I have had success with soulseek for music, but what do you guys use for other types of files?

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[-] chaosratt@lemmy.computing.zone 5 points 1 year ago

usenet for bulk current media, occasionally torrents for niche stuff, but now that rarbg is gone I'm going to have to find a new tracker. I use a seedbox for most torrent activity these days as well, too risky with ISPs clamping down.

Once upon a time I used DC++ for things, but that was more than a decade ago and the last time I tried it all the severs seems to be in eastern eu countries and very shady. If anyone knows a good DC++ server I'd love to hear more.

[-] Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

How does one even use usenet today? Sorry for the dumb question. I just don't know where to start

[-] AnonLordo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'd recommend to use a raspberry pi for an automated Usenet setup.

You'll need

an usenet provider (newshosting.com is reliable)
a download client (sabnzbd, nzbget)
recommended: usenet indexer
optional: arr apps to organize your downloads (sonarr, radarr, etc)
optional: Android app for sonarr and other arrs: nzb360

Once set up, it's very comfortable and hassle free, it can grab new media from your fav lists, download when released and upgrade your files as soon as available, fully automated.

[-] HorrorSpirit@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

rarbg is gone

Is it? I heard that it was going down, however when i visit the site it still seems up, i can still get torrents, and all that. What's going on?

[-] maop@mstdn.mx 5 points 1 year ago

@HorrorSpirit
@chaosratt

You are visiting a fake one then, rarbg is gone for good.

Real one is: https://rarbg.to/

[-] jormaig@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Why did it go down? What happened?

[-] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you open the website, it's written right there.

For the lazy people.

Hello guys,

We would like to inform you that we have decided to shut down our site. The past 2 years have been very difficult for us - some of the people in our team died due to covid complications, others still suffer the side effects of it - not being able to work at all. Some are also fighting the war in Europe - ON BOTH SIDES. Also, the power price increase in data centers in Europe hit us pretty hard. Inflation makes our daily expenses impossible to bare.

Therefore we can no longer run this site without massive expenses that we can no longer cover out of pocket. After an unanimous vote we've decided that we can no longer do it.

We are sorry :(

Bye