Pretty sure pirate bay is still around in some form.
I've been an NZB guy for awhile now - still can't find a site with everything I want/need though. Torrents are still great for grabbing an entire season or entire run of a show. All the NZBs I find are by episode and it drives me nuts
as opposed to...?(people still use torrents?)
Subscription servicesas opposed to...?
Copyright trolls watch PB like a hawk these days. Obviously most smart folks use VPNs at this point but PB isn't nearly the reliable/catch-all repository it was 10-15 years ago.
Assuming you don't use them already, Sonarr/Lidarr/Readarr solves the "needing to grab individual episodes/songs/etc." thing pretty deftly.
Arrrr, paying for piracy feels so wrong.
Tried using Sonarr for TV shows (or whichever one is for shows and not movies) and it was nothing but a headache. I got it working and it would work perfectly and then randomly decide it couldn't see the folders it needed to download stuff. It was like it would just throw its hands up and be like WELP I CANT FIND C:\DD'S SHOWS ANYMORE!"
Then the next week, the episodes would download without a hitch. Next week, WELP I CANT FIND. On and on. I just kicked it to the curb. I started using DuckieTV. Its stupid and cant work with NZB's but I just check it every day or so to check what should be released that day, then I just NZB it. That's the main thing, honestly I just need the schedule in one place.
I dont download a TON of shows, so its not too hard to keep track of. I like the idea behind Sonarr, but it just never worked. Even tried it in a docker container, tried running it on a standard PC, and each time "WELP!.."
@Burning Fight!! Yeah man, usenet. Or you can get into some forums that are all about Mega. Mega is $5 a month for me and works beautifully.
Arrrr, paying for piracy feels so wrong.
I forget ISPs mailing you for being a bad person on torrents is a thing in the US. Oh well.@Burning Fight!! Yeah man, usenet. Or you can get into some forums that are all about Mega. Mega is $5 a month for me and works beautifully.
I have a 14 € lifetime account to load some movies from the BBC. No worries I know that I shouldn't use an US VPN for torrenting and stuff.I mean, do you not pay for a VPN? Cuz if you do any significant amount of downloading and don't have a VPN, you're just begging for trouble at this point. Usenet access (server, search engine) costs about as much as a good VPN and negates most of the need for a VPN. And even if it didn't, it's a comically small price to pay to have access to a nigh infinite amount of media.