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[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

You don't have to use doublespeak, neither of these communities have rules against piracy.

Here's some of my personal list, in no particular order: (full list)

  • Steam Underground - cs.rin.ru - clean steam files, and the cracks to use them, - requires an account, my personal favorite
  • Library Genesis - libgen.rs - libgen.is - libgen.rs - exactly what it says on the tin
  • ZLibrary - https://zlibrary-global.se/ - exactly what it says on the tin
  • Fitgirl Repacks - fitgirl-repacks.site - video game repacks, need to be installed
  • Dodi Repacks - dodi-repacks.site - video game repacks, need to be installed
  • Vimm's Lair - vimm.net - old games and the emulators to run them
  • WinWorldPC - winworldpc.com - old software and OSes
  • Good Old Downloads - gog-games.to - games, this site was temporarily taken down by IGGames a while back
  • The Index - theindex.moe - japanese media, mostly anime
  • LookMovie2 - lookmovie2.to - movies, use adblocker
  • Mobilism - forum.mobilism.org - modded android apps, requires account to use search

Sites to actually avoid:

  • IGG-Games - has had many viruses (ex. cryptominers, RATs) and DRM in their cracked games, got the great GoodOldDownloads shut down (temporarily)
  • SteamUnlocked - it's ad infested and has slow downloads, also takes some games from IGG and other sus sites
  • Torrenting (copyrighted content) without a VPN - depends on your country, but you can get sent cease and desist letters
  • The Pirate Bay - filled with malware (including from skulled users)
  • Kickass Torrents - the real site was shut down years ago, only copycats of dubious quality exist now
[–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

+1 for cs.rin.ru, if I can't find a crack on there I don't bother looking anywhere else.

If you have trouble finding the right forum from the landing page just go to any game on fitgirl's site and it'll have a link back.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 6 points 10 months ago

You don't have to use doublespeak, neither of these communities have rules against piracy.

If you RTFM, they're just matching the style of the linked comment.

[–] deleted@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

What about filecr.com?

I’ve downloaded 7 windows applications from them 3 years ago. No issues or weird behavior so far.

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

I haven't heard of filecr, I wouldn't know

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Noooo I was keeping vimm's as my private little secret don't want it to get emuparadised

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Don't Straisand Effect it.

[–] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I will avoid them. Thank you for the useful information! I will definitely add them to my bookmarks so I can check if I accidentally visit any of them. What a terrible world...

[–] gingerman@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Can anyone suggest a good source for audiobooks?

[–] nicman24@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

audiobookbay.nl, use the search, requires a account (it is open)

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

There are some nice suggestions in the FMHY site.