onlinepersona@programming.dev to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 days agoWhat happened to networks like eMule, WinMX, DC++, and so on?message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up170arrow-down1message-squareWhat happened to networks like eMule, WinMX, DC++, and so on?onlinepersona@programming.dev to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFlorencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI’ve never understood private trackers. I have yet to encounter a situation where I can’t locate a file on a public tracker. And a private tracker doesn’t allow for VPNs? Sounds like an industry honeypot.
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoMost people use seedboxes for private trackers, which are superior and just as private as a VPN. But yeah, it’s a different ecosystem and it’s not for everyone. I do think it has replaced the old DC++ hubs of old.
I’ve never understood private trackers. I have yet to encounter a situation where I can’t locate a file on a public tracker.
And a private tracker doesn’t allow for VPNs? Sounds like an industry honeypot.
Most people use seedboxes for private trackers, which are superior and just as private as a VPN.
But yeah, it’s a different ecosystem and it’s not for everyone.
I do think it has replaced the old DC++ hubs of old.