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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What's the benefit of using a Private tracker? If you have a VPN shouldn't that cover you?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

Private trackers often have rules requiring seeding that keeps all/most of the torrents with a healthier seeding pool.

So faster downloads and less dead torrents. Sometimes greater variety

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