Whenever thepiratebay goes down, it is a disaster for me to find anything online. The megathread is next to useless, taking me to all these crazy sites that don't have a torrent option. Instead, they have individual episode downloads of 600 episode TV series. And to access each individual episode, I have to click on a mirror that takes me elsewhere. Then, from that site, I have to click on something that takes me to another site. Then, I have to wait 10 seconds, then I have to confirm the download, then it asks me if I want to pay for premium, then it takes 30 minutes to download one episode.

I'm not actually sure what the community's goal is here. To me, it seems like the entire idea of piracy will go down if thepiratebay ever goes permanently down because this giant "community resource" we have is an utter cluster, with so much garbage shoved in it.

Outside of thepiratebay, how do you guys effectively perform any of the tasks one would want to do on a place like this?

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[–] randomperson@kbin.social 75 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Using TPB is like rawdogging a hooker.

[–] MadCybertist@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago

May be the most accurate description of TPB I’ve ever read.

[–] DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

Fun while it lasts, the regret comes later.

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[–] CapnAssHolo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 2 years ago

I bet only a few of us here use pirate bay these days. Atleast for media.

I suggest 1337 or torrent galaxy. They have seasons packed into a single torrent

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are torrent sites on the megathread... You just have to scroll down to where it says "Torrents" rather than direct download. I'll be honest, you come off as a bit entitled in this post. Calling a free resource that someone took the time to make "useless" just because you didn't take the time to scroll down is a bit rude, IMO. Not that I think you meant to come off that way.

Anyway, here's a link to the torrenting section on FMHY's piracy resource list.. The link should automatically scroll down to the list of torrent sites ;)

[–] Elarionus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You're right, I don't mean to sound entitled in any way, I'm just...frustrated and a bit lost. And it's hard, because I don't necessarily know where to look for help because the community (naturally) is fairly underground. Even signing up for this and posting this makes me nervous that I'll "get caught" somehow, despite having a VPN.

You're right though, I just assumed that since Torrents seem to be the best method, they'd be at the top. But they're down there, I'm just clueless. I'm already having success with the 1337 site other people recommended though, which is good to know about.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hey props to you for acknowledging it, we all have our moments!

I definitely feel you on how frustrating it can be sometimes to access information in the piracy community, both due to potential legal repercussions and to a certain insularity. Pirates don't always want to share the cool new thing, because sometimes when too many people start knowing about the cool new thing, corporations will also learn about the cool new thing and want to shut it down.

1337x.to has been my go-to for a while, I rarely fail to find what I'm looking for there!

[–] rosatherad@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Echoing what this person said! ^

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[–] pirat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago

I used to use TPB until I came across 1337x. It feels more modern and seems to have higher quality downloads, and more recent downloads.

[–] MadCybertist@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

1337x.to is my go to.

[–] topnomi@kbin.social 34 points 2 years ago (15 children)

I primarily use 1337x.to
The pirate bay has been unreliable for me for years.

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[–] bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 years ago

There is nowhere near enough quality control or moderation of what's posted on TPB. Yeah it's absolutely got more content and even seeders than elsewhere, but you're really rolling the dice.

[–] Sakujakira@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 years ago

IMHO the great Days of TPB are long over, there are many good alternatives, some are linked in the Megathread.

[–] prettytrucknutz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's fine for movies, music, etc, but it's sketchy for software

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think downloading software is sketchy regardless of where you find it. Things can slip through the cracks even on a reputable site and it's not as if some moderator is thoroughly inspecting every single file that gets uploaded.

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[–] djmarcone@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Use qbittorrent, add the search tool to it, add all the search engines you can, and then let qbittorrent search all the torrent sites for you. Tpb is just 1 of many.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Use prowlarr, sonarr, and radarr instead of all this.

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[–] pineapplelover 10 points 2 years ago

1337x for me. Believe me, I've tried to use TPB but it just sucks. It's old and doesn't have the content I'm looking for.

[–] Otome-chan@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ThePirateBay used to be decent but ever since it went down and now there's 9000 clones with varying sketchyness the quality has dropped dramatically.

[–] div@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Same thing that happening with rarbg, a bunch of clones with dubious torrents.

[–] daan@lemmy.vanoverloop.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

If you're going to use a poorly moderated site like TPB, you might as well go all-in and use a DHT crawler like Bitsearch or BTDigg. On these websites you can find anything. If it's not on BTDigg, it's probably not on any public tracker.

[–] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

If I remember correctly the Pirate Bay moderation is considered to be of poor quality, they said it's easier to run into viruses over there.

[–] ericthegrim@waveform.social 3 points 2 years ago

Pirateproxy.live is nearly 100% reliable for me 🤷

I don’t use it constantly but I never have issues finding what I’m looking for

[–] olrik@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Why not go private? alpharatio, mac-torrents, myanonamouse, PTP, BTN, RED, there are plenty of options.

[–] theUnlikely@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Suggesting PTP and BTN to someone who has never used private trackers before is a bit mean.

[–] olrik@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yeah I guess I'm old, I've been on those for 10+ years and didn't realise they don't allow new members. My bad (no irony, I am actually 42 years old).

[–] theUnlikely@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

PTP recently became possible again via RED but it is a loooong road for a new comer.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Meh these places seem like little more than a exclusive club that members can lord over the outsiders. I've had little issue finding content using a mix of 'B tier' private trackers and public sites, none of which had some long convoluted membership process. I don't think they're worth the trouble.

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[–] d_bradr@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I never really looked into PTs, I just found stuff on GOG, 1337, Dodi and FitGirl. Gotta give PT a shot one of these days. Same as usual, Qbit for DL just from different trackers?

[–] theUnlikely@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

TorrentLeech (TL) is currently having open signups with the invite code: REFUGEERARBG. Just make sure you read the rules. Also let me know if you have any questions.

[–] master@lem.serkozh.me 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

According to their own news feed, the giveaway ended on June 9th

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[–] sewashi@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

TPB used to be great once, now it is riddled with malware. There are safer alternatives like 1337x, rutracker & torrentgalaxy etc

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[–] ThelastfingerofH@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

You can use 1337x instead, just the same amount and kind of content but without malware.

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