What is the motive behind private trackers? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by vilibix535@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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If piracy is moral and ethical and enables us to share knowledge, why do private trackers gatekeep this knowledge? It goes against the principles of piracy. Do they do it just to feel superior about bring in a sekrit club?

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[-] Krafting@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

Often, ISP spy on public tracker to see if you download stuff but way less on privates one. I guess it's just a way of staying more private.

[-] pedroparamo@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago

I would also add that in public trackers you can download your file and close your torrent client and not share it back and therefore be selfish in just getting what you want tihiut sharing back to the pirate community

[-] weedwhacking@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Leechy leaches

[-] Krafting@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I seed more on public than on provate tbh, why? Because there are way more leechers on public than on private or even semi private, the number of time I keep a torrent to seed and it stays at a ratio of 0 because it's a dark things that probably get downloaded once a year... So I use some fake seed software because otherwise I'm not able to see it anyway... it's sad and don't make me happy, but sometime it's the only way...

[-] plague_sapiens@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's why I have abandoned private trackers. I only use public ones with a seed ratio of 2, because I like giving back. Everything else is downloaded with Real-Debrid and jDownloader2 (mostly OCHs or sometimes torrents, when there aren't much/any seeders and the speed is unacceptably slow).

[-] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Most trackers have minimum time after which you can stop seeding, and reseed request system where you are notified if anyone wants a dead torrent to be reseeded.