[0___0]

Hello guys,

We would like to inform you that we have decided to shut down our site. The past 2 years have been very difficult for us - some of the people in our team died due to covid complications, others still suffer the side effects of it - not being able to work at all. Some are also fighting the war in Europe - ON BOTH SIDES. Also, the power price increase in data centers in Europe hit us pretty hard. Inflation makes our daily expenses impossible to bare. Therefore we can no longer run this site without massive expenses that we can no longer cover out of pocket. After an unanimous vote we've decided that we can no longer do it.

We are sorry :(

Bye

Edit: This isn't me BTW. I just copy-pasted the text from the site.

Archived link: https://web.archive.org/web/20230531105653/https://rarbg.to/...

[Nick-Adventure]

First, a sincere thank you for all the efforts you have done. My collection of TV shows is nothing but ION10 webrips. You will be missed. While I can respect your decision, I have to ask: Why the hell did you not choose to ask for donations or monetize the website? While there are many that cannot afford to purchase, there are plenty of hackers that could have / would have supported you.

[PiranhaTO]

Thank you for everything you've done.

Your efforts did not go unnoticed and you will be greatly missed.

I hope the circumstances of your lives improve and that you can find normality in these difficult times.

[e12e]

Thank you for your work so far. Out of curiosity - what kind of expenses are we talking before/after ad revenue?

How much would it have helped to have 1% of users chip in 10 USD/year? (1% is probably optimistic, but still...)?

[Laaas]

I don't think this is an account owned by the rarbg people.

[hosteur]

It does give the impression of being one of the owners.

[SamuelAdams]

It’s a copy of the website text in case it gets “hacker news hug of death”’d

[tokai]

Why would anyone fight on both sides? Seems ridiculous.

[schroeding]

Some are probably Russian, some probably Ukrainian (or in the international legion).

[InCityDreams]

Many 'other nations', too.

[spacesuitman2]

I think he means that employees/contributors exist on both the Russian and Ukrainian side.

[bombcar]

I take it to mean some people were on one side, some on the other.

Not one person playing both sides (but that probably happens, too).

[pmontra]

Yet another example of language ambiguity.

[netfortius]

Considering the recent events in the area previously known as Yugoslavia, and the fact that part of hosting is there, in addition to Russia - Ukraine conflict being over a year old, I'd think of other sources. ...that if we were to trust what's been publicized, of course.