1377x.to - the torrent site, sold out or broken?

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1377x.to - the torrent site, sold out or broken?

I used to use Brave Browser. I've been alternating between WaterFox and Basilisk Browsers. They all have fucking issues and pros and cons.

On Brave 1377x.to was great. No pop-up ads, no chats, and a working search. With the other two I endured the first two and still had search until this week.

I can no longer search on 1337x

https://www.1377x.to/ is the home page with just a search - that no longer works for me.

At the bottom you'll see "FULL HOME PAGE" which takes you to:

https://www.1377x.to/home/

Across the top, this page features a row of movie poster thumbnails of top downloads - plus lower down, lists of "Most Popular Torrents", "Popular Movie Torrents", "Popular Foreign Movie Torrents", "Popular TV Torrents", "Popular Music Torrents", "Popular Application Torrents", "Popular Game Torrents", and "Popular Other Torrents".

The movie poster thumbnails take you to pages like "What the Constitution Means to Me (2020) 720p WEBRip 800MB x264 ~GalaxyRG ⭐" with 7.1/10 on IMDb.

Meanwhile the top right "Search for torrents..." won't work for me.

I thought maybe I searched it too much and it blocked my IP or something, but now I'm thinking there's a problem.

I can't login anymore - it takes me to a free trial of something that I don't know and don't have money for, and is probably tracking people - with your credit card.

Suddenly none of my favourite sharing release persons/groups seem to share there any more:

  • Tigole - 1080 + 2160 so good I wrote an article: https://infogalactic.com/info/Tigole
  • Vyndros - 1080 + 2160 on par with Tigole but for TV, a surly guy in the old QxR forum
  • Classics - sometimes 720, but rare
  • D0ct0rLew - 1080 stopped a while back
  • Goki - 1080 stopped a year ago (with COVID)
  • r00t - 1080 stopped a year ago (with COVID)
  • r0b0t - 1080 stopped a while back
  • SAMPA - 1080 + 2160 on par with Tigole
  • SARTRE - 1080 + 2160 on par with Tigole
  • Silence - 1080 + 2160 on par with Tigole
  • NAHOM - 1080 + 2160 on par with Tigole

Is this part of a larger issue?

Is it possible that the "authorities" have secretly silently swooped in and nabbed D0ct0rLew, Goki, r00t, and r0b0t last year - and now the others within this month?

Is this a move to force us onto their streaming platforms?

Is this a move to force torrenting into obsolescence?

Is this a move to tighten up the Internet?

Or am I just a dumbass with a very problematic (daily) computer that's falling apart?

Next?

Sharing has always been an evolving subculture. I have not looked at piracy news for some time and was never on top of things except when I wrote that article (because I wanted to learn how to request specific classics).

If anyone has updates or news or recommendations for alternative sites to migrate to I'm all ears and grateful for any help.

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Try:

https://1337xto.to/ https://www.1337x.am/ https://1337x.gd/

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Duh. Thanks. I should have checked those first. I knew about them too. KickAssTorrents and others learned to decentralize across MANY domains - but by then it was too late for KAT who has never fully recovered their popularity.

.GD - God Damn thanks!

Edit: Note: Do NOT use "www." with GD.

[–]Gravi 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (8 children)

Personally I've always used a handful of sites for torrenting - thepiratebay.org or new-rutor.org (it's a Russian site but honestly I don't think you really require the language skills to use the site, just write near the magnifying glass and hit enter).

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

Last time I checked, a few of the sites in that Tigole article I wrote ~2017 are still going strong, a few have morphed and evolved, and a few have fallen. I also used to use the qBittorrent search a lot.

These days I don't even really care. Getting the last dozen years' worth of Big Pharma poison out of my system lessens my obsessive compulsions to "collect them all". Not only do I have endless terabytes I'll never watch, I no longer care about the blatant and obvious propaganda and consumerist culture we're forced to consume while they oppress, suppress, and repress authentic voices and organic culture - especially resistance to the status quo. My bad habit has devolved to simply download all the stuff that my favourite release groups share simply because I don't care anymore to seek out the best of the best as I used to. That kind of filtering takes motivation, time, energy, and devotion. Our culture is ruined. Why bother. I'd rather make a new one.

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    [–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    If I could afford it I wouldn't pirate. I would also want to support the artists and teams rather than the corporations and propagandists. Using a piece of software once is very different than using or benefiting from it all the time (some software you use once but have lasting effects).

    Piracy is NOT damage and it's not lost earnings either. If anything it's captured audiences. If we were somehow not able to pirate and we couldn't afford their propaganda we'd be turning to alternative entertainment and potentially be exposed to new revolutionary ideas.

    I prefer the donate if it's good model. Unfortunately that will rule out a lot of folks who try but won't ever be good, but it will also make many up their game.

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      [–]Gravi 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

      Who're you warning? Me or Jason? Either way this is a month old post, where were you earlier? And how exactly is this illegal activity? Like is advocating for piracy illegal or suggesting pirate sites? Just askin'.

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        [–]Gravi 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

        Well if anything... I guess remove this post? I guess do something to prevent from this as being a bargaining chip to take us down, either way why would someone care that I, a non-US person, pirates? Just do what you think's best.