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I think the younger generation just uses streaming sites. FMovies and 9anime work fine. I don't know anyone who torrents shows or movies now.
Those who don't want to be dependent on the whims of a conglomerate and would like to actually possess the data files.
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The problem is not search, it's curation. Any system that accepts everything will be overrun with things you do not want (fakes, *very* illegal things), and so there needs to be some authority that determines what is allowed. At that point, you are centralized, and hosting a website doesn't significantly hurt you. This is also the problem with all distributed social networks. In the end, your options are formal centr…
Most of the time when I search for something, I sort by more seeders first. Some type of signature can be used too.
I see 100 (!) results for that movie's name. 49 of them have zero seeders at all. I don't know what even is the point. 29 of the results have one seeder. So already, 78% of the results are pure crap.
Let's look at the top result with 338 seeders: File is 3GB, H.264 video, 1080p, but with a crappy stereo AAC audio encoding... arrggh why??
Number 2 result with 84 seeders: 1.43GB, H.264 video, 720p, no word on the quality of the audio encoding. Even more worthless.
Number 3 result with 17 seeders: HEVC format, 2160p, audio streams include TrueHD Atmos 7.1, DTS-HD, Dolby Digital 5.1, stereo, and three non-English language streams. But, with an eye-watering download size of 61GB. Holy shit! Nice, but wow, what a download.
You have to go a few more down the list to find a good balance of high quality video and audio encoding, but with a reasonable file size. By that point you're in the single digit number of seeders.
Don't get me wrong, it's great to have a few choices and quality trade-offs. I guess there's someone out there who doesn't care about the stereo audio because they watch their movies with laptop speakers. But 100 results, with the vast majority of them either unseeded, poorly-seeded, or flawed in some way. I agree with OP: You definitely want some curation, not just search!
I have seen several folks on here mention Usenet subscriptions as another option. What I haven't found is any good Usenet tutorial on how to actually get from "I know the name of something I want" to "I have downloaded it". The irony that I used to run a UUCP node on the original version of Usenet does not escape me :-)
I also wonder if Forte' Agent still works? Does Newsguy still exist? /s
edit: found the answer to my question
I notice that "anti-piracy efforts", DMCA notices, etc don't figure at all.
[0] https://torrentfreak.com/bulgaria-approves-draft-law-that-tu...
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I think the younger generation just uses streaming sites. FMovies and 9anime work fine. I don't know anyone who torrents shows or movies now.
Those who don't want to be dependent on the whims of a conglomerate and would like to actually possess the data files.
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beeig edgy and exploring edge cases for the sake of the argument has indeed become somewhat anti-social. i guess it has something to do with the width of the audience, as the bigger the crowd, the more likely it is that someone will take you serious and make a fuss about it.
Who are those people who are offended when you introduce an edge case against their argument? This is very weird behaviour because the whole civilisation is built on finding edge cases to demonstrate that a model doesn't work. For example, would it be offensive to say that a feather and a hammer will fall at the same speed on the moon to take down the Aristotle's theory of gravity? Is it OK to not talk about that kin…
Aristotle Scholar: You know, I'm actually glad you asked this, because these kind of "gotcha" questions show everyone the unfortunate state of journalism today, its disrespect for scholarship, and its willingness to peddle whatever trash that people are circulating in order to undermine our institutions. [wrestles wooden microphone off lapel and storms off set.]
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the "younger generation" (>2k) aren't used to the open net, they grew into moderated groups (fb), hence i suspect there is a massive number of hidden/private trackers
I think the younger generation just uses streaming sites. FMovies and 9anime work fine. I don't know anyone who torrents shows or movies now.