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Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Hello guys, We would like to inform you that we have decided to shut down our site. The past 2 years have been very difficult for us - some of the people in our team died due to covid complications, others still suffer the side effects of it - not being able to work at all. Some are also fighting the war in Europe - ON BOTH SIDES. Also, the power price increase in data centers in Europe hit us pretty hard. Inflation…

Thank you for your work so far. Out of curiosity - what kind of expenses are we talking before/after ad revenue? How much would it have helped to have 1% of users chip in 10 USD/year? (1% is probably optimistic, but still...)?

I don't think this is an account owned by the rarbg people.

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RARBG was originally Bulgarian, like many other trackers and warez stuff. Eastern Europe - inside EU or outside of the EU - has always been major player in this scene. RIP. I'm still curious how it's possible to run such global illegal operations without being exposed or caught. How is it still possible to remain anonymous on the Internet, considering in this age the thing is very mature and well commercialised?

I think it's effectively just that they operate out of jurisdictions that just don't care.

This, totally.

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Hello guys, We would like to inform you that we have decided to shut down our site. The past 2 years have been very difficult for us - some of the people in our team died due to covid complications, others still suffer the side effects of it - not being able to work at all. Some are also fighting the war in Europe - ON BOTH SIDES. Also, the power price increase in data centers in Europe hit us pretty hard. Inflation…

Why would anyone fight on both sides? Seems ridiculous.

Yet another example of language ambiguity.

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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are these safe? being clones doesn't really inspire much confidence rarbg was my go to for years :S

They're not clones. Just proxies so they are down too. This is usually done to make it harder for the courts to force providers to block these sites. Whack-a-mole.. PS: Why am I getting downvoted? Try clicking on the links, you will see the same goodbye message. Edit: Oh the first 2 do seem to be clones, now I understand. The rest are proxies though. I do think even the clones basically skived off the original's data…

Did you actually try any of these yourself? Some are clearly clones, and are not down.

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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RARBG was originally Bulgarian, like many other trackers and warez stuff. Eastern Europe - inside EU or outside of the EU - has always been major player in this scene. RIP. I'm still curious how it's possible to run such global illegal operations without being exposed or caught. How is it still possible to remain anonymous on the Internet, considering in this age the thing is very mature and well commercialised?

I think it's effectively just that they operate out of jurisdictions that just don't care.

Well, Bulgaria used to be a jurisdiction that doesn't care but this is no longer early 2000s. Are there really jurisdictions that don't care and still have connections to the rest of the world? I guess DPRK, Iran, Cuba and maybe a few more can do that but wouldn't they be a problem to the infrastructure provider to work with in first place?

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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First heart break was when Kickass was taken down.. Now this. I am literally too sad over a website than my other life choices lol.. Love you RARBG team, will miss you till death. Good luck in your life's.
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