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[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What was fmovies? Some streaming sites?

These things are come and go, but old ways of the warez are still working. I remember one of my classmates taught me how to torrent more than 20 years ago. I had to change trackers and cliens during the years, but I never had to think about things like this because the workflow will always be the same.

Soulseek is still up there since 2003.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You had to change trackers and clients, so yeah, that's pretty much the same for torrenting as changing your go to site for streaming.

But you are right about Soulseek, that never changed, which is amazing.

[–] rorschah@lemdro.id 5 points 2 months ago

I too use torrents if possiblez but sometimes, the movie we seek maynot be available or won't have enough seeders. Sites like this, and others mentioned in fmhy are useful at those times.

[–] Hedlosa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Chozo@fedia.io 20 points 2 months ago

Allegedly, the legit fmovies mirrors are all down. The sites currently accessible are supposedly all clones.

At least, that's what I've been able to gather. There's a lot of mixed messages floating around this topic right now.

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago

Imagine this happens to yts.