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submitted 5 months ago by Maerman@lemmy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 53 points 5 months ago

This might be true, but it's rapidly changing due to a collaborative effort from big gaming companies, streaming services and hollywood. People are relearning the art of torrenting.

[-] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 16 points 5 months ago

Torrenting is getting worse and worse these days, I'm learning the ancient art of Usenet.

[-] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 25 points 5 months ago

Usenet is getting worse and worse these days, I'm learning the ancient art of Sneakernet.

[-] FractalsInfinite@sh.itjust.works 28 points 5 months ago

Sneakernet is getting worse and worse these days, I'm learning the ancient art of astroprojecting into random people's rooms to consume media.

[-] silasmariner@programming.dev 14 points 5 months ago

Astroprojection is a dying art and I applaud your service

[-] FuCensorship@lemmy.today 10 points 5 months ago

Unless this is a joke that went right trough my head, what part of torrenting is getting worse?

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 months ago

Nothing. It's fine. I can't fathom why people are out here paying for their piracy. Seems like it defeats the purpose. I still find everything I ever want on the same sites I've always gone to.

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago

I've got a server I'm mass downloading anything I or my wife can think of and quite a few obscure movies and shows aren't on the major sites in any form that has enough seeders to actually finish

So, Usenet it is, at least until I'm mostly done.

If I was huntig for it all by hand I'd probably not bother but I'm using the Arr stack for automation so

[-] Shyfer@ttrpg.network 1 points 5 months ago

Is torrent galaxy still down? That was my go to and sounds like I have to find another. I am a little worried if they keep bringing down the big ones like that, that we'll be left with less choices and it'll be more difficult.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

The nice thing about torrents is how lightweight they are. If one thing goes down, ten mirrors of that thing can pop up to take its place.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 3 points 5 months ago

TorrentGalaxy is up, but if you can't open it maybe your country has DNS censorship.

Just change your DNS servers to something like 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 (Cloudflare DNS and Google DNS respectively).

You can change your DNS from either your computer settings or your router (the latter is recommended because it applies to all connected devices).

[-] Baku@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago

It always makes me chuckle a bit how internet censorship (at least in western countries and on a personal level (school and work networks excluded)) is almost always just done through DNS. I mean I'm sure not going to be the one to tell them how laughably ineffective that is, but it's just funny.