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[-] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 27 points 1 day ago

Why do people STILL recommend TPB in 2026? It's shady af.

[-] northernlights@lemmy.today 2 points 10 hours ago

Everytime I look for alternates I end up with sites that offer torrents of movies that end in .exe. so I end up going back to TPB.

[-] REDACTED@infosec.pub 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Been using 1337x for years with no issues

EDIT: Do not go there without ublock tho

[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 hours ago

Ditto. Kinda miss my private tracker. But, 1337x + VPN works fine for me.

[-] HuePony@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago

As long you downloading only video/music content you are safe. The worst outcome could be only wrong content

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 21 points 23 hours ago

Shady how? It ends up being the right place for 99% of my torrents.

[-] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 12 points 19 hours ago

Its fine if you know what you are doing. But because anyone can set up a pirate bay mirror at this point, it can be a bit iffy to download stuff from there. I'm in a happy position of being able to use a excellent private tracker, but about once a year I do get something from pirate bay because I cant find it elsewhere. I do feel a bit icky after, but so far, all has been fine. knocks all the wood I can find

[-] Uri@infosec.pub 5 points 22 hours ago
[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 0 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I was getting something from TPB and got an email from Nintendo when I forgot to turn on my VPN.

[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago

Did Nintendo email you, or did your ISP forward you a DMCA notice?

[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

oh yeah now that I think it was a forward from my ISP about the Nintendo DMCA notice?

[-] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I mean that has nothing to do with tpb but just you not force binding vpn adapter to your torrent client

[-] glibg10b@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago

I've never torrented with a VPN. I guess nobody cares in South Africa

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

Lol let them email as much as they want. I'm not Gary Bowser.

[-] fozid@lem.radiantfig.fyi 29 points 1 day ago

I think it's more a generalised phrase, like when you Google something, but you don't actually use Google. Saying to look at / use pirate bay doesn't mean the exact site, just means to pirate it somehow.

[-] rottenmummy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

I have been out of the 🏴‍☠️scene for a while and this was the most trusted one back in the days. Are there other alternatives now?

[-] RogueBanana@piefed.zip 17 points 1 day ago

I would recommend 1337 instead. Has pretty much every category like TPB.

But if you are interested in self hosting, check our Arr stack for full automation and jellyfin as media center.

[-] rottenmummy@lemmy.ml 1 points 23 hours ago
[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 20 hours ago

Uindex, but it's recent stuff only.

[-] rottenmummy@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 hours ago
[-] Censed@lemmy.zip 1 points 17 hours ago

Well as shady as a midnight walk to the convenient store... So not actually that bad.

this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2026
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