Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 15 minutes later[^][v]#920,871
I don't know you, but I don't want anyone tracking my privates.
MRS DEBORAH JAMES joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 24 minutes later, 39 minutes after the original post[^][v]#920,876
piracy seems to have dropped in popularity over the last couple of years
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#920,881
@previous (MRS DEBORAH JAMES)
Legal streaming services have definitely had an impact, but rates of piracy haven't really fallen as much as people think. The explosion in popularity of private TV/film trackers over the last few years is insane. I love being able to grab pretty much any film or TV show in HD/UHD quality as soon as it's released, as well as ebooks, games and software.
squeegee joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 3 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#920,923
Torrents are still a thing? Is this 2005? Will we ever catch Bin Laden? Are Jean jackets really trending right now?
Syntax joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#920,925
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 29 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#920,942
@920,881 (A)
i used to be on what.cd but now I'm just sad and don't get to get any new music
u on any good private music ones?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 2 days later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#921,676
@920,929 (F)
Don't have any invites at the moment, sorry. I can let you know when I do have some, if you want, as long as you'll be able to keep your ratio up (you'd probably either need a seedbox, or good upload speeds and (ideally) a PC left on and seeding 24/7).
If you want a really good way of getting into decent trackers, there's a tracker called MyAnonymouse (ebooks/audiobooks) which you can easily join through their IRC (instructions); other trackers have application threads in MyAnonymouse's forum, where you can apply for membership. It takes persistence and patience, but eventually you'll build up some really good trackers. That's how I got into the ratioless MTV, which doesn't have an invitation system so you have to hunt for application threads in other trackers.
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 7 years ago, 5 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#921,677
@920,942 (G)
Only Apollo, but it's been down for a month and currently in limbo. The best music tracker atm is RED, which I'm not a member of but you can do an IRC interview to join.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#921,690
Why not just buy things???
Anonymous E replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#921,691
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU double-posted this 7 years ago, 5 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#921,694
Also does anyone remember how people would always say "piracy is a service problem. If you build an easy, unobtrusive way to deliver content, people will pay for it." Turns out I was right and they were all wrong and the actual motivating factor for piracy is people don't want to pay for shit if they can easily get it for free (it has very little to do with how easy it is to get legally).
Anonymous E replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#921,695
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
I think you’re largely correct though. Torrenting is in huge decline with Spotify and Netflix. Most of the big sites are dead now.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 7 years ago, 8 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#921,700
@previous (E)
I mean, KaZaA and Napster died but that didn't mean piracy decreased. How much of this is just pirates using other forms/mediums vs. piracy actually decreasing?
Anonymous E replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#921,701
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Big torrent sites like Pirate Bay and Demonoid are gone.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#921,702
@previous (E)
TPB is definitely still up. But even if it weren't, what I'm asking is did all the people who were using that service stop pirating altogther, or did they split up into a bunch of smaller/more niche sites while maintaining the same level of piracy overall?
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 25 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#921,706
@921,694 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
If only there were an easy, unobtrusive platform that delivered content on par with private trackers!
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 7 years ago, 5 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#921,707
@previous (A)
There is! It's called steam/netflix/spotify
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#921,708
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
I use Spotify, but Netflix here is shit, with a small library, video quality often far below what piracy can offer, and no (or very limited) offline viewing. Plus, not DLC-free!
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#921,710
@previous (A)
So your actual problem is you don't live in the US.
Anonymous E replied with this 7 years ago, 58 seconds later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#921,711
@921,702 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
All I have is anecdotal evidence but the days of kids talking about downloading music off LimeWire is gone. Everything is Spotify, iTunes, Hulu, YouTube Red, and Netflix now. Only weirdos and nerds pirate stuff.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 20 hours later, 4 days after the original post[^][v]#922,003
@previous (E)
I agree as far as music piracy is concerned; it's far easier to use Spotify and listen instantly than to hunt for MP3s to download and transfer to your phone/tablet/whatever. But piracy of TV/films is more popular than ever. It's easy to point to the decline of TPB/KAT/Torrentz2, but we all just moved to other solutions -- private trackers, semi-private trackers (TorrentLeech), streaming sites (123movies, GoMovies, TubePlus, etc.), filehosts like Mega, shit like TeaTV, and so on.