Soulseek is an ad-free, spyware free, just plain free file sharing network for Windows, Mac and Linux. Our rooms, search engine and search correlation system make it easy for you to find people with similar interests, and make new discoveries!
It’s good that Soulseek exists, but it’s way more finicky than LimeWire was and it’s significantly less user friendly
These sorts of programs still exist. I use Nictotine, which is based on Medusa, but basically works like a better version of the old MP3 download programs. Good for finding obscure artists.
Soulseek is basically the same thing too, and still works.
Frostwire is still available and it actually works better than Limewire ever did.
“Turbo-Charged Connection”
252kbit/s
Hot damn! I can listen to the song I want about 2 hours from now!
And sometimes things you really really didn’t want.
I once downloaded a 650MB movie in less than 10 minutes. I dont know how that was possible at the time as I had a sub 1 mbit line. I just know I went to the bathroom and came back to a downloaded movie. Always figured it was a bug of some kind on the modem as apparently the cable modem was doing the rate limiting.
the high seas have grown more treacherous, but you still can.
Today it’s harder, not more dangerous.
But also everything is darker.
In what way?
many governments will snitch on you if they find you doing it. some countries need a vpn to hide yourself now. and some other smaller bullshit.
The government will snitch on you to who? A foreign government?
usually to the copyright holders so they can sue you. or they cut your internet access.
i said “governments” but really i should be saying “ISPs in some countries”. that might have added some confusion.
Yeah, ISPs are usually under pressure to obey the copyright holders. But VPNs should always be used.
More treacherous than LimeWire was? I think the fuck not, that boi was filled with Justin_Bieber_Baby.mp3.exe’s
That stuff is so easy to deal with, 1 its fucking obvious its a .exe and second you can just run it in a VM. What, is your PC going to struggle running a VM that only has to run audio or video?
It’s considerably easier to deal with these days so the seas are less treacherous. Even Windows’ default antivirus will catch most of those too.
My PC got AIDS once from Limewire Lite, true story.
EDIT : it was Kazaa had a lite version, not Limewire. Good days lol.
Step 1. Download Kazaa Lite Step 2. Use Kazaa Lite to download Kazaa Step 3. Profit
Hey does anyone remember searching for the movie XXX with Vin Diesel? What a fun time…
Fake system of a down - link song was golden.
Link - he come to town He come to save - the princess Zelda
Download Worms.exe
I just wanted to play worms
Duuuude. I just decided to look this up on chatgpt. I had no idea that was NOT system of a down. Sounds exactly like serj lol. I used to crank that shit. Be sure link. He come to town. Come to save! The princess Zelda!
please don’t “Look things up” on chatgpt, use an actual search engine…
Lol, like google?
But I agree, chatgpt is not a search engine. It’s a waste of time using it as one
haha that’s funny. Sorry to break the news though.
Define free? Constant viruses, trauma from seeing killings and executions. Was it worth it? Sure but it wasn’t free
Can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. Learning to torrent is what greatly increased my computer literacy when I was a kid.
Or dumb songs with swooshes in them lol
It was FREE.
But at what cost?
EVERYTHING!
I did download a car
Misattribution killed Limewire. Downloading a song that turned out to be something different was annoying, but downloaded porn sometimes turned out to be actual CP.
no one has mentioned SoulSeek yet
Specifically nicotine+.
slskd, soularr, lidarr :p
in my defense Theres a lot of comments
This! Also, I have never found a single incorrect naming there.
Still is
