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What is the benefit to joining private torrents? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Apologies if this is a basic question, but I am curious to know what I am missing out on by not having access to private torrents? I have been able to find everything I wanted using public ones.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I was using different private trackers but in the end dropped them and went back to public ones. One thing that private trackers may offer is the forum or the discussion board and plenty of user generated content. But in general there are many negative points:

the drama: lots of users feel entitled and there is a very negative attitude towards newcomers
less security: there was a time when an italian private tracker was caught and ended up giving the name and data of few active users. I don't buy that you have to use a legit email and no vpn.
you have to pay for a seedbox and always track your ratio: I seed forever most stuff (4k+ torrents) but I don't want this to become a time sink

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What was the italian tracker?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I am having troubles recalling the name right now. It was many years ago. I remember it was famous for having english subbed movies with italian subtitles, most of the time weeks before the title landed in the cinemas

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