Katfile asking registration for slow downloads now.

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  1. Frunkenstein

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    Title. Seems like the site might be compromised?
     
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  3. Auen Fred

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    Katfile works with Mullvad VPN
     
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  5. omiac

    omiac Moderator Staff Member

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    Indeed. Looking into it!
     
  6. Radio

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    This is what it looks like today:
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  7. Simplywavs

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    Stop being cheap and get a realdebrid account
     
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    katfile just died
     
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  9. Frunkenstein

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    Maybe time to consider alternatives to Kat? I know tezfiles keeps files hosted for unlimited periods of time and seems to have a revenue thing too for the uploaders if I am not mistaken. Rarelust must have thousands of films that were uploaded to Tez over a decade ago now and the links are all still working fine.

    Thanks for checking on the matter BTW.
     
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  10. Yesudas

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    pls use click n upload... why do users have to die slowly..
     
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  11. webhead

    webhead Audiosexual

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    And after signing, it's still 100KB/s. You have to wait 120 minutes for each time and you just got 2 GB daily traffic.
    By the way, there's no confirmation email. I just used something even I don't remember
     
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    From yesterday onwards!!! i dont knw whats the need for an account for slow downloads:rofl:
     
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    To make it even worse for free users.
     
  14. Frunkenstein

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    Yeah.. I would not be filling out any forms for Katfile or signing in.

    I only visit Katfile links in a sandbox anyways after 6 months ago their site set my ad blockers into full blown "This site is fucking you! Run!"

    I don't think Katfile is a good site to continue to direct AZ visitors to anymore. They doing too much weird shit and frankly it's starting to feel risky? Like Katfile smells like it morphed into a straight up a fishing site over the course of the past year, right?

    Just my opinion. I'm not the captain of this ship, obviously.
     
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  15. Kelsier

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    This is why I use disposable email addresses
     
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    Believe it or not, all these file hosts aren't charities. If you're there to download, they know they have something which you consider valuable. If lots of people are clicking on free links then they have to do something more to pull you into their ecosystem. Getting you to sign up for a free account gets you closer to paying them for a premium account.

    Or at least that's what they're counting on. We all know there are people that will never pay for anything, ever, simply on principle.
     
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    If you want something for nothing, just wait for a torrent
     
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  18. SAiNT

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    the only real alternative is NitroFlare and last time we did this majority of members voted against it :unsure:

    regarding recent KF change - as long as you're able to download the file for free with decent speed, it's a legit mirror for AudioZ
     
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    I had registered a long time ago with a fake address, yesterday I entered the same infos and everything was back to the way it was before: 100k to download.
    I think it's just a way to get email addresses and keep your attention up... hoping for a paid upgrade.

    I remember last summer, all of a sudden over three days (without me doing anything), KAT started downloading at 1/1.2 Mb, then went back to 100k.
    I've never understood what happened... maybe a way on their part to give users a taste of the high download speed. :bleh:
    Did it happen to you too? :cool:

    As SAiNT wisely said.... NitroFlare is not the best: members voted against it because for free users it downloads at 10k. Dot! :knock:
     
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    In the long term, you should set up your own server and finance it with membership fees. In short, make yourself independent.
    Maybe you should then pay the uploaders a flat rate for each upload.

    Here is another alternative, just by the way: https://loadstar.club (with Money Earn)
     
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    i think it's a way to deal with debrids

    i try to stay away from taking money from anyone. i was never doing this as a business.
    i had high hopes for IPFS - that would be perfect solution, but it just doesn't work. :sad:
     
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