I'm using torrents much less since fmovies. I just stream my shows and movies now. Music is also getting harder to find so I went back to Soulseek. For everything else, I'm using Tribler, an open source torrent client using onion routing.
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Usenet ftw - i can never go back to torrenting
Torrents and muthafuckin' DC++!!!
DC++ is great but I can't get a decent working client for Linux that works with an IPv6 router (i.e. no port forwarding)
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Its funny that you say "still using torrents" while the usenet is basically older than torrents
I just got Sonarr and Radarr setup with Overseerr and Jackett and got my family on Plex so we can cut the cord on Netflix. Overseerr supports downloading from Plex watchlists so they don’t even need to use Overseerr to auto download movies. I still need to figure out how to sort and download better ones since I’ve selected “seeders” as the download is sometimes prioritizing quality.
I’m in a private invite only torrent site, and most shows/movies have an amazing availability. Seeding is a requirement and becusee its private, my ISP doesn’t send me DMCA notices.
It's fairly seldom I need to but if then I use torrents.
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Torrents, I like the community and indefinite retention. And with 1gbps home connections becoming more common staying in ratio has become way easier.
Or be like me with a 1gbps download but only 15mbps upload speed. Thanks Comcast!
I mostly ddl tbh. Works for the fast majority of my needs. There are times where Torrenting is the only thing possible tho
DC++ and Soulseek gang here plus some personal contacts and sites mainly DDL
Yeah I like the smell of my own farts. I got PT access too but I try to minimize use these days. Usenet is great but I have too much ego to pay for anything currently outside of internet connection and storage.
Just discovered Soulseek (Nicotine+). proper old school p2p actually feels like sailing the high seas.
I love the variety of Soulseek and not having to worry about preserving files in a specific folder system for seeding, but the speeds really kill it for anything larger than an album or two. Wish we could have the best of both worlds: speeds from multiple users and the flexibility of just sharing file systems.
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I’ve been on the torrents for ages but just started with Usenet this weekend. So I’m dual wielding with Usenet as first priority.
Been on torrent for many years, recently started using the *arr stack, it's fantastic. For torrents I source them from a private tracker, difference of quality and speed is night and day.
I am a super casual pirate these days. Qbittorrent with jackett, and debrid for streaming gives me everything I need. I used to do Usenet and torrents with a bunch of private trackers but I like how easy it is not having all that crap. Managing my debrid and syncler subscriptions is about the limit of the regular admin I want to do. My only issue is public torrents feel a bit exposed but it's not something I worry about.
I just pay for a monthly Plex share, got tired of managing files and subtitles and not having a good dedicated set up for it.
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I use both actually. I find Drunken to be a great fallback if none of my PTs have the content.
I also use it to help upload season packs to fulfill requests on PTs on occasion.
Personally I use both. I have Sonar set to pull from Usenet first, then a private tracker, then a few public trackers. I just like Usenet because it works really good with all my wife's reality TV shows. I always had trouble getting them with torrents.
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Both configged on the *arrs.
Had been on torrents for super long but never used a private tracker so reliability and speed was all over the place. Recently switched to Usenet and the speed and inherent security far surpasses my experience with torrents. Couple bucks a month and nearly maxing out a 1Gbps connection is fine by me.
Torrents still and mostly, but I do utilize Usenet as well.
I use Sonnar and Radarr but with qBitTorrent as download clients