Which is the best, /g/?
1) Answer the poll: http://www.strawpoll.me/10133574
2) Tell us how you pirate. (if you don't pirate just leave the thread, you fag)
>>54389847
>no xdcc
>>54389847
>Tell us how you pirate.
Nice try NSA
>>54389847
there is no "best" way, it depends on the file
if I am downloading a 2 mb mp3, why go through all the trouble of using a torrent if I can easily direct download it?
torrenting is best for large files or folder systemswith subfolders and shit, which cannot be ddl'd
xdcc is a good alternative for quickly downloading bigger single files
i've never used or needed to use usenet before
>>54389897
shut up memer
>>54389930
xdcc is shit
Where the fuck is DC++
NICE TRY NSA
I prefer Mega using JDownloader 2. Private and public torrents are fine too.
>>54390601
dead
>>54390761
not private hubs
>>54389847
Music: soulseek
Games: pirate bay
Movies: pirate bay
Porn: pornhub and /gif/
where is XDCC on that list?
You clearly dun goofed.
>>54390842
nobody uses that shit anymore
>>54390917
How's it feel being very delusional?
>>54389847
music: rutracker and what.cd
games: tapochek.net, rutracker
apps: mac-torrents, inmac, rutracker
Any Germanfags here?
What do you use? Torrents or share hosters?
I was too afraid to torrent until now, but a VPN is cheaper than an uploaded.net account.
But I don't want to get raped in the ass by Abmahn keks
>>54391113
How's it being a basementfag living with your mom and having to use IRC because you couldn't torrent from her connection anymore?
>>54389847
There is no best.
>DDL
Depends on the file host. If they let you parallel download at max speeds without any restrictions, then obviously it's the best, but its rare to find hosts like that.
>Torrents
Depends on the amount of seeds. Usually popular private trackers are going to have well seeded torrents, but you also have to be part of their community and share.
>Usenet
Going to be perfectly honest, I never used it.
>>54391210
>Depends on the file host. If they let you parallel download at max speeds without any restrictions,
What is Bankupload. Fast as fuck on IDM.
>>54391221
They do that because they are unknown as fuck. As soon as they reach Uploaded level they will make the speed low as them.
>>54391234
That's why you stick to filehosts that are hungry for notoriety. Soon as they get big, go for their competition.
Or just use Real Debrid happy hours.
jDownloader + uploaded master race
>full speed anywhere, even obscure files
>can sleep at night because no copyright troll lawyer / strike / etc. bullshit
>always having a kek when you're on "scene" boards and 12 year olds discuss how they build their next gaming PC
>>54391168
Stop projecting, you sound way mad.
>>54391268
>paying for uploaded account
no
>>54391221
Useless if none of the pirates/content uploaders are using that file host.
>>54391276
I don't even use IRC, nigger. I torrent. All the time.
>>54391268
There is too little porn for uploaded since forumophilia banned it as a hoster.
hahahahaha I knew it. nobody uses DDL.
Glad I didn't fall for the DDL meme.
I get all media from torrents except some vydias I really like, I get those from Steam/Origin. I also try to buy movies/tv shows I really liked to show my support for the content creators every now and then.
Honestly though downloading is still best done through torrents. Despite the fact that less people are torrenting nowadays it's still the best way to download media. You can pause downloads at any time and if your download gets interrupted your progress will remain the same. I wish we could download all files this way.
>>54389847
Torrents because I live in a free country.
>>54391436
which country?
>>54389979
>t. federal agent
>>54390460
> retard who can't use an IRC client detected
> retard who can't script his own IRC client to automatically queue downloads detected
>>54389847
I signed up for usenet through 2 of the biggest suppliers just to try it out.
It is infinitely inferior to torrents. It might have been great some time ago, but nowadays it's fucking shit due to lack of content uploaders.
>>54391314
It's always the worst hosts too
>captcha
>max 50KB/s
>>54391610
sure buddy, more for me then.
You just have shit Usenet indexers.
>>54391626
You can't even prove that good indexers even exist. Torrents are king. Putting pirated content on servers used in a business and then publicly indexing it is fucking stupid.
This poll proves that Usenet is fucking dead.
>>54391624
premium is nice though.
I actually fell for the meme and bought 2 years for 90 bucks. It's 3.75 per month and you get fullspeed erryday.
There's an abundance of content so I guess they pay the uploaders well since everywhere I look it's always on uploaded. Their business model probably also relies on having absolute shit tier speeds for free downloads to have enough time to display ads and nudge people towards premium.
It works right now, at least. I don't expect it to work forever, I actually think they'll go down the same way as rapidshare has, but whatever, then someone new will come and torrents will always be there. Maybe the jurisdiction in my country regarding torrents has shifted towards something more graceful in that time.
>>54391688
>paying
>for a filehost account
Holy shit nigger do you realize we all get the same shit for free?
>>54391659
I have nzbs.org account -- I actually got it years ago after they had closed their registration by forging a registration POST request that looked like those of other indexers that used the same indexing software to register the account :^); and then I told the admin about the problem because I like dicks.
It's a good and free indexer, but there are others around.
> You can't even prove that good indexers even exist.
I don't have anything to prove kek. Use what you want, love.
> This poll proves that Usenet is fucking dead.
Good, if it does to you then it does to others. The less people that talk about Usenet the better, the longer it lives and is useful. Thanks to the low amount of normies (read: you) it has been spared the attention of automated DMCA requests etc.
>>54389847
besides torrents, is there another p2p way of downloading i'm not aware of
i'm out of the loop on many things
Is anybody else a member of the private Mega link site we can't name here?
DDL at it's finest.
>>54391713
>it has been spared the attention of automated DMCA requests etc.
DMCA is killing usenet more than ever.
>>54391737
Well I should have said "more or less". It's still killing Usenet less than the other shit.
Just make sure to have a backup account on a different backbone.
>>54391701
I know torrents are free, but VPNs aren't and you basically need one for torrents unless you only download obscure shit or you actually like paying fines.
>>54391725
>besides torrents, is there another p2p way of downloading i'm not aware of
Gnutella, ed2k, dc++
Not popular anymore though.
>>54391726
At least tell me the name lover.
>>54391744
This. I have private internet access currently. If you live in germany there's no way around it.
>>54391743
>It's still killing Usenet less than the other shit.
DMCA doesn't affect torrents like it does Usenet because only KAT honors DMCA while every other torrent site does nothing.
>Just make sure to have a backup account on a different backbone.
Sorry I'm not pleb enough to PAY for 2 fucking accounts. Private trackers are free and I don't even use a seedbox.
>>54391744
>I know torrents are free, but VPNs aren't and you basically need one for torrents
Only if you use public trackers and like you said, download popular shit like Game of Plebs in a Jew-run nation like the US.
I wonder why strawpoll embeds and the actual website have broken for me in the last few weeks.
>>54391761
>If you live in germany there's no way around it.
Private trackers are loaded with Germans who don't use VPNs. Use private trackers only and you will never have to bother with a VPN.
>>54389847
>>54391726
>Is anybody else a member of the private Mega link site we can't name here?
Yes. It's pretty cool. Having all those mega links makes everything easy as fuck to download.
>>54391753
We don't name it here.
>>54391783
>Use private trackers only and you will never have to bother with a VPN.
Yeah you trade $30 for a whole year in exchange for dealing with autistic ratio management, competing with seedboxes, and elitism.
>>54391785
All you are doing is making those sites slower when people enter those URLs in their browser.
>>54391761
How did you pay? they don't accept paysafecards unfortunately.
I see they accept a bunch of gift cards, but it seems to be exclusively American stuff. I mean, I could probably get a starbucks or body shop card, but I doubt they'll count internationally.
Or did you just didn't give a fuck and paid with credit card?
>>54391783
how do you know they don't just use German VPNs?
>>54391821
Because they say they are German.
>>54391830
What prevents Germans from getting German VPNs?
It seems like the most obvious choice since it's probably going to have the best speed.
>>54391842
German law which makes VPNs subject to legal compliance. Germans either get a VPN provider that operates outside of Germany or use private trackers.
Or they avoid torrents altogether and use DDL since they can't be caught that way.
I knew Usenet was a meem.
>>54391821
I paid with Paypal. It doesn't matter how you pay, if PIA decides to turn their back to their users they'll have your IP anyways. Paying non-anonymously doesn't make you any more secure.
>>54391863
Yep that's exactly it. I use the Netherlands PIA VPN for torrents.
>>54391961
Well, you're technically adding a second point of failure since PayPal could turn their back on you.
Highly unlikely if all you do is torrent, but the risk is there.
Also there might be complications getting a high security job where they check your track records, and buying a VPN is always going to look suspicious.
>>54391980
PayPal has no reason to turn their backs on me unless PIA tells them they should. If PIA tells them they should, I'm fucked anyways since I connected with my real IP to the PIA VPN. They don't need PayPal to fuck me over at this point.
>>54391162
Benutze privates trackers du dummes Mensch
>>54391980
>Also there might be complications getting a high security job where they check your track records, and buying a VPN is always going to look suspicious.
I won't be getting such a job. But even if I were, this reads like FUD. Are you speaking from experience? If anyone asks me, I might as well claim that I didn't want people at my univ network reading my unencrypted traffic or getting access to my accounts, that's why I used it. There's nothing inherently so suspicious about using a VPN that I would be denied a job.
>>54391980
>getting a high security job where they check your track records
That is implying you don't automatically get disqualified for any high clearance job when you post on 4chan
>>54391162
I torrented a game for testing purposes last month. Havent been fined yet. I dont want to go overboard though.
>>54391800
But Mega is dying. Even its creator said to not use it anymore. Enjoy your link-sharing site.
I pirate with IPFS, you've probably never heard of it.
>>54391726
Name it you useless peasant
>>54389847
>tell us how you pirate
I don't because I did it twice and my ISP is now threatening to take my internet away and they've kept every other ISP from getting into this rural ass town and from what I read VPNs will make it look like your neighbor did it or some shit which I don't want to do.
>>54392148
>islamophobia
Why? This is a good thing.
>>54392148
>islamophobia is bad
wew lad
>>54389847
HorribleSubs DDL / Torrent
>>54389847
> I don't pirate because I am stupid and gay
poor neet detected.
go graduate you piece of shit
>>54392201
the lowest effort
>>54390761
I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO:
>>54390917
nice try nsa
>>54389930
there is no fundamental reason to prefer ddls over p2p for small files
ddl being less effective for large files is not the same thing
You should use whatever is available and convenient for the file you want. I never use usenet, though, it's not piracy if you pay for it.
>>54391268
You're going to change your tune when DDL sites like uploaded are seized and their user logs are taken for mass scale litigation.
>>54392290
Are you implying the MPAA does not sit in torrent swarms and collect IPs?
If you use a VPN DDL sites are fine. Even if they were to hypothetically get seized.
>>54392290
They might be seized, I sincerely dount that the users will all be sued. This has never happened -- not to megaupload, not to rapidshare, not to any big filesharing hoster that went down.
>>54392332
>paying to pirate, twice
>>54389930
>if I am downloading a 2 mb mp3, why go through all the trouble of using a torrent if I can easily direct download it?
You know you can zip folders right?
>>54392334
>This has never happened
Give it time. It will all occur in one fell swoop...this future we've chosen.
>>54392348
Compare 20 or so dollars to 500 or so dollars for your movie/anime/music collection.
>>54392332
>Are you implying the MPAA does not sit in torrent swarms and collect IPs?
Of course not, only that DDLs are not some magical pass. If you're using a VPN you may as well torrent.
>>54392371
This is somehow always the step that these retards fails to think through. Can't they do basic math, or is the problem thinking two steps ahead.
I don't get it.
Is this VPN good? If not, how do I choose one that's right for me?
privateinternetaccess.com
>>54392477
It is, but don't take my word for it.
Google VPN review, check for anonymity (logging etc.), and maybe check out reddit/r/vpn
>>54392109
We will never name it because keeping it secret means keeping our Mega link archive safe.
>>54392149
>from what I read VPNs will make it look like your neighbor did it or some shit which I don't want to do.
This is the most retarded thing anybody has said this thread so far.
>>54392714
Hence it went ignored. Don't feed the trolls.
>>54392201
>buyfag gets triggered
Your degree didn't help you because you're so stupid that you buy things that are available for free.
College-educated pirate master race here.
>>54392365
Even if they get seized and da bolice gets some logs, so what?
The thing is
>Evidence is much more difficult to get. They might log that you have accessed file XYZ, but they won't log every single byte you've downloaded. So what if you cancelled the download halfway? Is it still illegal to download 50 useless kilobytes of a copyrighted movie?
>Fines for Downloading are much lower, and much harder to enforce since you're not directly (only indirectly) harming businesses by actually redistributing it.
This is why nothing has happened yet. Not for megaupload, rapidshare, no one. If the jurisdiction changes, if merely accessing the link is enough to be considered a copyright infringment, if fines for downloading increase, we can talk again.
>>54392371
>>54392418
>paying 20$ for 500$ worth of media
>or paying 0$ for 500$ worth of media
my math says that's an infinite amount of times better senpai
>>54392757
Your math is shit.
>>54392477
airvpn is the one that professionals tend to recommend. it is not the cheapest, but it is the best.
>>54392757
Do you pay for your ISP?
Does just your torrent traffic go through the VPN or is it all your traffic?
>>54392853
All traffic.
But you can set up a VM just for torrenting, that's how I do it.
>set iptables to block everything except VPN IP
>even if VPN fails or whatever, IP will never get exposed
then just get comfy
>>54392853
Depends on how you configure it. You can do either.
>>54392818
We all pay for our ISP, and not just for media downloading. There is nothing wrong with paying money to have a provider supply you with internet because it is a physical act.
Media on the other hand is just digital information. It is infinite. It is not a real product. It can be reproduced millions of times within seconds. It is worthless. When you pay for it, you are only paying the people who gambled their money in creating it, hoping somebody is stupid enough to pay for something we can reproduce for free.
It is retarded to pay $500 dollars a year for media when you can pay $0.
Paying for a Bluray is like flushing money down the toilet.
>>54389847
I use both torrenting and Usenet to pirate. I also use a seedbox for torrenting so my IP address never gets tagged.
>>54392818
ISPs are not infinite, and thus you have to pay for it or else you can't get it at all. Digital media is infinite. The second a Bluray gets copied, it lives on the internet forever, being copied over and over again. Why would you give money, a finite medium, for an infinite "product" like digital media?
It's fucking stupid. You only pay because you think that you should.
>those results
holy shit I will never trust certain people again
>>54389847
I use The Pirate Bay, ofcourse ^^
https://thepiratebay.se/browse/
>>54393502
>babby's first torrent site
Are people on /g/ really this amateur?
>>54393502
I can't find shit at tpb, it's down half the time, and riddled with obscure malware ads that sometimes even sneak around the adblock
kat is better
>>54393634
I believe he's being facetious
>>54394300
use the TOR site, it's always up
>DDL
>No premium user. Pay up bitch
>Torrents
>ratiocuck
>Usenet
>LOL HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE SCENE? WE HAVE! V10 A10 THANKS THE SCENE
In otherwords, /ptg/ 4 lyf
>>54394578
/ptg/ bro hi5
>>54394856
>>54394578
Hey guys what did you get in your last BTN advent calendar prize?
>>54393634
It just works. Also living in a free country, so I'm not cucked by my ISP or state (;
>>54394300
>kat is better
Yeah.. lol
>>54393156
>>54393213
bait harder
>>54395062
pay more, cuck
>>54391726
i really want to know.
im desprate for sites that upload to mega.
i used igg-games for video games and warez-bb occaisonally has someone uploading to mega out of goodwill.
but its so hard to find good things.
can i atleast get a clue to where i would find that site?
>>54391713
Find another exploit and hook a brother up, please. (just kidding)
How well is nzbs.org maintained in comparison to other newznab sites like nzb.su? I was just a little bit too late to get into the magic circlejerk back when I got started with my setup
I used to hate Torrents until I deemed them useful.
>>54391800
What site is this?
>>54392058
>IPFS
How do you use it?
>>54395062
Truth not bait. YOU THE BAIT
>>54396354
Nice download speed, senpai.
>>54392477
never get a vpn from a five eyes country.
Usenet. It's generally much faster to download anime (I think XDCC is the fastest but I've never used it).
>>54389847
OP you made a typo in your poll. You wrote:
>I don't pirate because I'm stupid and gay
I assume you meant:
>I don't pirate because I'm stupid and goy
>>54398050
Is it faster than >>54396354 ?
>>54392049
Mega isn't dying. It's creator is a butthurt ignorant naive retard, and so are you.
>>54397377
They don't give a shit about you downloading movies and music, piracy is really low on their radar.
It's how honeypots work. ignore the pirates stealing cam rips of superhero movies, it's popularity convinces people doing actual illegal stuff to sign up and get nabbed.
