Agreed, that was the era of decentralization, when people could still have their own niche websites, instead of everything being run by a small handful of corporations.
I do miss the era when torrenting was just something people did. The amount corporations did to curtail it really messed up the internet in my opinion. Getting cease and desist letter or getting the protocol blocked on me because I was sharing public domain books and Linux distros was so how I knew they were just swinging at anyone near piracy without any regard.
2006-2012 - Torrenting was king and you could easily get anything you wanted.
Now you need to set up a VPN and hope you can trust it then find good torrent sites that are more hidden.
Agreed, that was the era of decentralization, when people could still have their own niche websites, instead of everything being run by a small handful of corporations.
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I was never on Limewire, but the torrent sites I was on were great
I do miss the era when torrenting was just something people did. The amount corporations did to curtail it really messed up the internet in my opinion. Getting cease and desist letter or getting the protocol blocked on me because I was sharing public domain books and Linux distros was so how I knew they were just swinging at anyone near piracy without any regard.