I normally use usenet, but I use torrent as backup. I heard of https://ext.to/, what are other that are good?

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    20 days ago

    1337x.to has treated me well for the past few years. I love the active comment sections. It’s just like TPB was in the early days.

  • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de
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    20 days ago

    1337x.to works well too. If you use a website translator, like Firefox Translate, rutracker is great too.

    Otherwise, private torrent sites (e.g. TorrentLeech) are the best addition to Usenet.

    Keeping ratio is pretty easy if you set up Cross-Seed. It finds torrents matching your local files (e.g. Usenet downloads) and adds them to your torrent client without using additional space or downloading them again.

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        20 days ago

        https://www.cross-seed.org/

        It takes a bit of time and careful reading until it’s set up.

        For matching existing data you need to set up dataDirs and partial matchMode. Ideally your local files are organized (e.g. TRaSH guide) to improve cross-seeds ability to find matches. If you need help there’s a Discord linked on their website.

  • iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org
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    20 days ago

    Fuck a duck. This is always how I find out about shit like this. Damnit. I was all ready and have time now to do my yearly summer download spree…

    I guess 1337x?

    Edit: Added the soundbyte that expresses my frustration:(

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      20 days ago

      I don’t think it’s really considered very safe anymore, although it is still very popular.

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        20 days ago

        Safe about what? I get movies all the time and they are… movies?

        If you download games and executable files, you’re an idiot, but it’s been like this for more than 20 years.