[ryandrake]

I think for normal people, private trackers seem inaccessible and might as well not exist. When I was a kid, I had gobs of free time and spent most of it dialing into BBS systems, learning who to contact, and navigating the scene's trust network, just to get invites to warez sites. Now that I'm an adult, I'm a lame Casual, too busy living my life to have time to sit there figuring out the secret handshake needed to get an invite to Private Tracker X.

[bugufu8f83]

They are certainly much less accessible than they used to be. Not only has torrenting lost a lot of mindshare and general cultural awareness from 15-20 years ago, but the sites are generally harder to get into. If you're starting from scratch, it takes several years of waiting and uploading hundreds of torrents in order to get access to the best TV and film trackers. People are stingier than ever with inviting others too.

[marysol5]

"Normal" non-techy people don't understand torrenting either, and it's not like it's a new technology. Never mind jumping through hoops to get onto private trackers, port forwarding to ensure seeding, etc