So far, public trackers have been working fine for me, but think I’ve finally run into some niche shows that have been hard to find or only been able to find individual episodes instead of a single collected season torrent. (Nothing too special, just some baking shows.)

I’m wondering if it’s finally time to look into private trackers or Usenet.

If you use them, what did it take for you to finally look into these more time or effort intensive piracy options?

A movie you wanted to see that was too old to be seeded on public trackers? TV shows too old or niche? A game, an obscure music artist? Something else? Was it just curiosity? Or something you did immediately upon getting into piracy? I’m just curious myself lol.

  • traches@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    13·
    1 day ago

    Private trackers tend to be more curated and better organized. Decent filenames, consistent organization and quality, correct metadata, no missing episodes or tracks, no RAR files, etc

      • traches@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        21 hours ago

        Which is why it’s a bottom tier private tracker

        Edit: it’s actually not that bad but the rars are annoying and they should stop.

        • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          18 hours ago

          I believe the rules disapprove of the rared releases but do not forbid them either/let them happen.

          Edit: Seems like they allow it but the community prefers unrar’ed releases (which are honestly better)