Rarbg Is No More • Hacker News Board

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by vdnkh » Wed, May 31, 2023, 4:27 PM UTC

raincole wrote: post #347

best_one_there wrote: post #260

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Basically all of an actual software company is bullshit jobs unrelated to the core product like legal, marketing, investor relations, HR, maybe even developers for R&D etc. Running a website doesn't require that many people. I've worked at companies with 4 developers and 30+ "other stuff". The company would not be profitable and we would not get paid without them, but the actual product would work just fine if we wan…

> bullshit jobs unrelated to the core product like legal, marketing, investor relations, HR, maybe even developers for R&D etc. Wow. You think legal, marketing, investor relations are all bullshit jobs...? Just wow.

Peak HN moment

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by robertoandred » Wed, May 31, 2023, 4:27 PM UTC

sph wrote: post #24

o7 thank you for your service, keeping the Internet awesome and anti-corporate. Where one piracy site dies, a thousand spawn from its corpse. Maybe the media companies will eventually pull their heads out of their collective arses and quit their cartel, allowing the existence of legal, paid streaming sites a-la-Spotify with access to 99% of the repertoire. Until then, torrent is how we protest while they create more…

I love when thieves act like they're such noble saints.

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by GOATS- » Wed, May 31, 2023, 4:28 PM UTC

Klaster_1 wrote: post #61

Any advice on where to download daily MP3 scene release from now?

You could always try Soulseek?

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by lamontcg » Wed, May 31, 2023, 4:29 PM UTC

ebiester wrote: post #343

jahewson wrote: post #299

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anecdotally, I’ve never met anyone who thought this way who’s product didn’t suck.

I don't understand this. If you build a system for resilience, it should not take significant effort to maintain. You should be able to keep the lights on with 10-20% of the engineering team. The rest is growth. Growth may be making the product better, creating new product lines, or improving the scalability - for example, allowing larger numbers of users or entries. However, you can make the choice to make a well co…

> If you build a system for resilience, it should not take significant effort to maintain. You should be able to keep the lights on with 10-20% of the engineering team. The rest is growth.

After 10+ years you always see the operational demand increase because of all the necessary edge conditions you build up (backcompat and whatever else).

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by robertoandred » Wed, May 31, 2023, 4:30 PM UTC

MeltdownSpectre wrote: post #101

Really sad to hear this. I basically built my entire Plex server with RARBG. Anyone have any solid private tracker recommendations for movies and TV shows? After taking advantage of public trackers like RARBG, I feel like it's my time to give back.

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Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by DoItToMe81 » Wed, May 31, 2023, 4:31 PM UTC

Their host charges 250 euro a month for 100 megabits and a one terabyte data cap. At the prices they're paying, I'm surprised this did not happen sooner.

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 31, 2023, 4:31 PM UTC

raincole wrote: post #347

best_one_there wrote: post #260

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Basically all of an actual software company is bullshit jobs unrelated to the core product like legal, marketing, investor relations, HR, maybe even developers for R&D etc. Running a website doesn't require that many people. I've worked at companies with 4 developers and 30+ "other stuff". The company would not be profitable and we would not get paid without them, but the actual product would work just fine if we wan…

> bullshit jobs unrelated to the core product like legal, marketing, investor relations, HR, maybe even developers for R&D etc. Wow. You think legal, marketing, investor relations are all bullshit jobs...? Just wow.

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Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by pxc » Wed, May 31, 2023, 4:32 PM UTC

wahnfrieden wrote: post #334

costco wrote: post #326

Earlier quoted context omitted.

KickAssTorrents made millions of dollars a year in advertising revenue. I doubt their decision to start Rarbg was charitable or even ideologically driven. They probably just want out now. Lower margins may have been a part of that.

Can be both. Even Marx participated in the stock market

Of course he did! Marx was an economist, living within and studying capitalism. He wasn't some ascetic monk.

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by robertoandred » Wed, May 31, 2023, 4:32 PM UTC

pengster wrote: post #67

so sad to read this - I know it's probably too late but if its a money question as they stated on the site, I would pay for it to remain!

You'd pay for the ability to steal?

Re: Rarbg Is No More

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Post by logical_person » Wed, May 31, 2023, 4:32 PM UTC

q1w2 wrote: post #215

sbdaman wrote: post #178

It's absolutely insane how many of these incredibly important torrent sites are just managed and hosted by a rag-tag group of people with the site barely clinging to life.

While we like to romanticize these groups, they often have ulterior motives in getting users to the site. Pushing ads from less-than-reputable ad-sources, and having a section with binaries where admins can push malware laden programs/games/files to increase the size of a client's botnet. The model is that as users become more comfortable on the site, they eventually browse to the more dangerous categories and downlo…

sorry but this is nonsensical, one site pushed malware so they all do? typical "security" person