LOL.

We pay for 4K, but we don’t get more than 720p unless we use some proprietary shit hardware and agree to their super-invasive “privacy policy” - and they expect people to NOT set sail in the high seas? GTFO…

  • @glencairn84@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7•5 months ago

    I haven’t used Torrents in years, since subscribing to Netflix. But I’m fed up with needing to pay 5+ different subscriptions to get coverage across shows, so perhaps time to think about other options. What are some of the best torrent sites today,?

    • @Thermal_shocked@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9•5 months ago

      I use OnTheSpot downloader to grab albums from spotify at 320kbps - https://github.com/casualsnek/onthespot

      Use Soulseek (nicotine+) to grab more obscure stuff. Can get everything on there, just sometimes slower and not as reliable as a torrent.

      I use these sites for movies, in order of convenience:

      https://ytssss.jamsbase.com/ (basically just YTS)

      https://www.magnetdl.com/ (search sucks, but if you get used to it, it has huge libraries of TV series)

      https://en.torrentgalaxy-official.site/

      https://rargb.to/

      https://1337x.to/home/

      https://psa.wf/ (PSA RIPS)

      I don’t really download apps anymore, so malware really isn’t an issue, but make sure you’re using UBlockOrigin plugin and a VPN like TorGuard

      • @Fred@lemm.eeEnglish
        3•5 months ago

        Could try the *arr software. Sonarr is tv, radarr is movies and lidarr is music. You can use jackett to act as an indexer and it will automatically grab the shows.

          • @SkippingRelax@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3•5 months ago

            I’ve used them for a very long time, maybe a decade if they have been around that long, could be a bit less. I’ve seen them referred to as the *arr suite/software many times. I didn’t know there was a joke to get until you pointed it out, I’m still facepalming.

            So you are not the last one.

            In my defence, I’m not a native speaker, but still…

          • @nolight@lemm.eeEnglish
            2•5 months ago

            My friends and I have been joking too much about this naming scheme without even mentioning what appears to be the intentional meaning… I feel rather dumb.

        • @Thermal_shocked@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2•5 months ago

          yeah, i’ve thought about it. but it’s cathartic to find music/movies, download and organize them, choose artwork in Plex, things like that. I’ve got them all organized in media monkey.

      • chillsmeitEnglish
        1•5 months ago

        Regarding music, there’s also the slavart discord and their bot which allows you to download music from different streaming services in lossless formats

        • @Thermal_shocked@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1•5 months ago

          oh god, the difference between some of my old rips at 128 and 320 is damn near night and day. i though the song just sucked, but the quality was just shit. also found a track that got corrupt, but still played, but at 1/10th the speed, it was about 30 minutes long, but normally only 3 lol. just stretched the fuck out of it.

      • @criticalcentristEnglish
        1•5 months ago

        1337x and YTS are preferred for me. No sign up/log in BS