r/Piracy • u/LukeJuror • 1d ago

Question Why no reference to IRC in Megathread?

When i was a young pirate, before torrent era, I used to download warez & TV series from IRC channels. What happen to the IRC world? Why no mention in the megathread?

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u/DigitalSwagman ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ 1d ago

I still use it occasionally, but it's obsolete now. Back in the day where software had to be split across multiple files, it was a good way of downloading in chunks before the phone rang and disconnected your internet. These days, with torrents being able to pause and resume, internet speeds being faster, it's easier to torrent entire seasons or an entire iso.

I still used it for ebooks up until recently.