๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
RARBG is a torrenting site that was shut down by the owners on May 31,
2023.
It was hands down objectively one of the best torrenting site for movies. They had super high quality rips that you just couldn't find elsewhere (i.e. 20GB+ file sizes). Overall, they did many things right that other torrent sites simply lacked, such as introducing H.265 formats, listing the movie metadata on the torrent page, or a conveniently-placed section of all the latest
popular movies.
The only thing that won't be missed is those rowdy discussion threads. It was like a circlejerk for hundreds of cis-males (likely 20s to early 40s) to vent their hatred towards women, minorities and
everything else they perceive as
woke.
Literally every comment on every damn movie torrent has to have someone criticizing how
woke a movie is, or some satirical joke. And if someone has an
opinion that goes against the RARBG hivemind, people start dogpiling on them. It's like
4chan.
Moderation was also wack AF. I've had a total of five router changes these past 5 years, and for every new IP address I've been promptly banned from the comments for just expressing an
opinion about the comments. And yet they just let the dozens of other toxic, distasteful commenters run amok.
๐ง๐;๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ง๐ฃ๐... ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐.
The last message from the site owners, as seen on RARBG.to, explaining the reason behind the shut down:
"Hello guys,
We would like to inform you that we have decided to shut down our site.
The past 2 years have been very difficult for us - some of the people in our team died due to covid complications,
others still suffer the side effects of it - not being able to work at all.
Some are also fighting the war in Europe - ON BOTH SIDES.
Also, the power price increase in data centers in Europe hit us
pretty hard.
Inflation makes our daily expenses impossible to bare.
Therefore we can no longer
run this site without
massive expenses that we can no longer cover out of
pocket.
After an unanimous vote we've decided that we can no longer do it.
We are sorry :(
Bye"
