this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2025
637 points (97.9% liked)

Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

64213 readers
603 users here now

⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements.

Rules • Full Version

1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy

2. Don't request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote

3. Don't request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs

4. Don't submit low-quality posts, be entitled, or harass others



Loot, Pillage, & Plunder

📜 c/Piracy Wiki (Community Edition):

🏴‍☠️ Other communities

FUCK ADOBE!

Torrenting/P2P:

Gaming:


💰 Please help cover server costs.

Ko-Fi Liberapay
Ko-fi Liberapay

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

I never really understood private trackers TBH or rather the reason behind them. I like the idea of publicly sharing more anyway

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 15 hours ago

There are some niche private trackers which have an active community that handle quality and requests. Also they don't let just anyone create a torrent, so you can have assurances that the files have been vetted to some extent and you're not going to download something unexpected.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 3 points 9 hours ago

The advantage of private trackers is that:

  • torrents almost always have seeds
  • you can ask for re-seeds in case they aren't
  • torrents have a good quality
  • you're less likely to receive a complaint letter from copyright holders