I am imploring y'all to learn how to torrent 🏴☠️. Here is an extremely short and simple guide as to how you can immediately start trying it out and getting your feet wet:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BEFORE YOU START ON THIS TREK AND START PIRATING!!!!!!!!!
Download and use a VPN. Virtual Private Networks hide your internet traffic and will shield you from your ISP slapping you with copyright notices/fines. SERIOUSLY, make sure you are using a vpn or you’re legitimately screwing yourself over with tangible real-world consequences. I recommend using Mullvad, it’s $5ish a month, pay as you go, has a very simple ui and has been perfectly dependable. I do see a lot of people note that it doesn't have 'port forwarding' which I consistently see as a recommended feature. That said it has always worked for me and does what I need it to. AirVPN comes highly recommended, very inexpensive, simple ui and reliable.
Other options are: Proton, Nordvpn, Private Internet Access.
You’ll need a single torrent client, which is the free software that facilitates the downloading of the files. Qbittorent, Vuze, and uTorrent are all good. Download and install one.
SO; to actually start downloading the files, you need to find torrenting sites.
Turn on and connect vpn
Go to one of the torrenting sites, such as:
1337x.to works great, and here is a link to a ton of mirrors for it, even the infamous 🏴☠️bay is back.
Search the media you want.
Usually the one with the most seeds is the one you want, as it will download faster.
Once you find a torrent you’re wanting, you can either use the magnet link (simple'n'easy), which directly opens your client and starts downloading it; or you download the .torrent file, then manually open it then start downloading it.
Torrenting was a huge trend then it just seemed….people forgot and stopped learning about it lol It’s nothing but beneficial to learn how to do it as all streaming services are becoming more and more costly while the quality and what they offer goes in the shitter.
