TPB neither dead no alive. It's been in zombie mode for months. Torrents are very old. Only porn vidz are still being actively uploaded. The search engine is a shadow of itself. In fact, I feel it's been intentionally crippled and here's why: Many times, the search bar claims zero result. I use a different torrent search engine and see a link to the same stuff on TPB!
Not only that, spammers have taken over the site - probably, randsomware spreaders. Torrents few minutes old would have thousands of seeds with ridiculous file sizes.
It's sad. TPB's like the Github of torrents. TPB's reputation system and comments was a godsend. Till now, there's still no replacement for it.
I feel something's up with the current owners of site.
Timeouts - very common. Just refresh. Maybe needs a few attempts.
> spammers have taken over the site ... Torrents few minutes old would have thousands of seeds with ridiculous file sizes
As has been the case for a decade, prefer torrents from users with the green or pink (trusted and VIP) icons. The spammy ones from unknowns get deleted often.
What? All new series are still available the day after episodes air. Newer movies as well. The search engine is kinda sucky sure, but I don't understand the criticism of content.
The strangest thing is that certain software is ransomware/fake seed bombed to the point where you literally cannot access the legitimate software torrents. Around page 40 in the search results, TPB stops loading entries in the search pages.
Weirdly I’ll sometimes get tpb links from bing searches (google doesn’t work) that work on mobile but not desktop.
Figure it’s a proxy thing.
The only thing I torrent nowadays is the skyf1 and rocadirecta is great for that and has already prevailed on court in Spain if I remember correctly so not getting to Pirate Bay isn’t as big of deal as it would have been 5 years ago.
Not only that, spammers have taken over the site - probably, randsomware spreaders. Torrents few minutes old would have thousands of seeds with ridiculous file sizes.
It's sad. TPB's like the Github of torrents. TPB's reputation system and comments was a godsend. Till now, there's still no replacement for it.
I feel something's up with the current owners of site.