[anal_reactor]

> God I miss rarbg. And KAT.

I miss shit being worth torrenting. Maybe things have changed, maybe I grew up, but:

1. Most utility software you need is free, save for a few programs you can easily find on Russian torrents.

2. Most games and other media are slop.

Torrents didn't die because US law enforcement made them die. Torrents died because most companies realized that providing slop with ads and lootboxes for free is a much better business model than trying to get people to pay for something of quality.

Imagine trying to tell someone in year 2000 that Windows will natively display ads, EA will lose lawsuits related to FIFA being actual old-fashioned gambling, and music industry will push for AI-generated content. Yet somehow we accept this as completely normal in 2025. No wonder nobody ain't torrenting shit.

[rjh29]

Torrents died because you can basically just download anything off file hosting sites now, or bootleg OneDrives/Google Drives.

There is still plenty of quality stuff in 2025, and a lot of slop, just how it was 40 years ago.

[seb1204]

Well, I myself consider many of today's TV shows slop and not worth the need to watch them through a torrent source. Low quality content en mass for streaming services is a thing now. But that's a personal view.