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[-] Egonallanon@feddit.uk 12 points 1 day ago

Yeah for reasons beyond my knowing torrenting seems to have really dropped off over recent years.

[-] dRLY@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago

They are much much more likely to use phones/tablets/maybe even Chromebooks. Torrenting is much easier with a PC. Torrent apps for the others do exist, but do require understanding how to use them (and not use them if on cell data without actual unlimited plans). They are used to just streaming things and not really care about keeping the actual files. So even being patient enough to wait for a file to download is at least a good thing I guess.

[-] Saapas@piefed.zip 6 points 19 hours ago

Kids (zoomies and younger) aren't that savvy with computers 

[-] BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 13 points 22 hours ago

I think it's in part because of NAT. Less and less people have a real IP address, so they can't share the torrents to others, and most VPNs don't provide an upload port either.

The tracker websites are also increasingly hostile with malicious ads, so those with ineffective ad blockers can't use them.

[-] hayvan@piefed.world 5 points 21 hours ago

Qbittorrent works with my double-nat set up (don't ask why, my isp sucks) without any set up. I feel like it's more of a tech literacy issue.

[-] Mondez@lemdro.id 4 points 12 hours ago

Torrent clients can cope behind NAT but can only upload/download from other peers that have a port open so they are more limited in the pool of peers they can make use of.

[-] AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 3 points 19 hours ago

Good public trackers were shut down. Getting into decent private ones is a huge pain, if you even manage to get an invitation/interview. Some trackers aren't compatible with *Arrs (due to Cloudflare). Seeders and speeds can be awful, and keeping a healthy ration isn't easy for some. If one is willing to pay, Usenet is a great alternative. I run both to cover most ground, but mostly rely on the latter now.

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