I think it’s more a generalised phrase, like when you Google something, but you don’t actually use Google. Saying to look at / use pirate bay doesn’t mean the exact site, just means to pirate it somehow.
There are dht search tools like rats-search (https://github.com/librats/rats-search) that seams to do p2p searches. But um, be careful since you can find some pretty fucked up shit there.
Why do people STILL recommend TPB in 2026? It’s shady af.
I think it’s more a generalised phrase, like when you Google something, but you don’t actually use Google. Saying to look at / use pirate bay doesn’t mean the exact site, just means to pirate it somehow.
I have been out of the 🏴☠️scene for a while and this was the most trusted one back in the days. Are there other alternatives now?
There are dht search tools like rats-search (https://github.com/librats/rats-search) that seams to do p2p searches. But um, be careful since you can find some pretty fucked up shit there.
I would recommend 1337 instead. Has pretty much every category like TPB.
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You can use an aggregator these days like Knaben. Much easier
Uindex, but it’s recent stuff only.
Shady how? It ends up being the right place for 99% of my torrents.
I tried getting something and got an email from Nintendo when I forgot to turn on my VPN.
Did Nintendo email you, or did your ISP forward you a DMCA notice?
oh yeah now that I think it was a forward from my ISP about the Nintendo DMCA notice?
Ok, good deal. Those are pretty much toothless. If Nintendo themselves contacted you, I would be very worried.
oh really? cause I was shitting my pants when I first saw it
Lol let them email as much as they want. I’m not Gary Bowser.
I mean that has nothing to do tpb but just you not force binding vpn adapter to your torrent client
Same
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Everytime I look for alternates I end up with sites that offer torrents of movies that end in .exe. so I end up going back to TPB.
Been using 1337x for years with no issues
EDIT: Do not go there without ublock tho
Ditto. Kinda miss my private tracker. But, 1337x + VPN works fine for me.
As long you downloading only video/music content you are safe. The worst outcome could be only wrong content