Im honestly scared to get into pirating but some things are just way too overpriced. i know theres the piract bay and such sites but it requires torrecting and a vpn but i cant afford a vpn so is there like a direct downloads version of the pirete bay or a safer alternative? im looking to get a few peices of media by the way.

also how do you all store so much media without issues or getting into trouble? also am i aksing the wrong place by chance?

i know there is internet archive but i find it hard to find what you are looking for and kinda clunky.

  • TootSweet@latte.isnot.coffeeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Closest thing I’ve found was /r/OpenDirectories on the site that shall not be named. Which is to say, no there’s not really any such thing as “Pirate Bay but for direct downloads.” At least not that I’ve found.

    Pirate Bay but for direct downloads does seem like something that might be able to thrive on the dark web, though, doesn’t it? I wonder why something like that hasn’t become a thing and gotten big.

    I suppose some site that just acts like a searchable directory of links to IPFS could be used in combination with IPFS web adapter sites. But I haven’t found anything like that.

    • nullishcat@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I wonder why something like that hasn’t become a thing and gotten big.

      Not only is tor not used by the majority of pirates, it also limits speeds by a lot. Not to mention you can’t index onion links in search engines. But I mean, you wouldn’t need a VPN with it, so…