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user-inactivated · 1948 days ago · link · · parent · post: A nostalgic look back at digital music piracy in the 2000s
Oink and Demonoid were both private trackers started by warez kids and run like it, you got an invite because you knew someone and you kept it by keeping your ratio up. The 11-year-old on a dialup connection wasn't keeping his ratio up even if he somehow got an invite. Torrents displaced soulseek and limewire when distributed tracking meant you didn't have to have friends and not be a leech.