just curious, why does the site always use rapidgator and other annoying file hosters? I've pirated a ton of movies and games from various sites and the downloading was always much faster and more convenient.

 

Fuck if I know

 

it is probably trusted to not vanish with peoples' money, uptime, reimbursement rates, works great with debrid and jdownloader, less required re-uploads. I'm not sure it could be called "bulletproof" but those are aspects that can factor in more than free users' convenience.

But you are right, Katfile and Filespayout links can be way faster and shorter waits. KF have the same other restrictions like on parallel downloads and downloads per hour.

Maybe it is a "polite suggestion" to just get a debrid for like 10 cents a day. No Sarah McLachlan songs even included.

 

When the provided links are used, the ones who put the content at the links, get paid (in some fashion). The slow links also push the use of strenuously advocated pay "debrid accounts" is so that it becomes a "pay-for" to grab scene releases when it should be free. This tactic is used at a great many sites now almost ad nauseam. Luckily, for those of us that do not wish to be gouged by slow links and having to pay for "debrids", there are other fast free channels just as safe to use.

The providers on the sisite are getting better (there still a few who only do slow links) at using links to FFS that are actually free, fast, and that provide a good DL experience.

 

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From what I understand, Rapidgator is mainly used because of its performance:

• Privacy
• Bandwidth
• Link durability over time
• Reward plan

If you have better solutions, come forward and speak up: I'm sure Teams will hear you. Which hosts would you recommend that work best?

 

I use a debrid site and RG is by far the fastest most reliable site in my experience. Files tend to last a hell of a long time there too.

 

Fast, only if you pay for it. As far as FFS and retention they are probably one of the best in that category.

 

I haven’t found rg to be any better at retention than the others. They all seem to uniformly comply with takedown requests.

 

The speeds from each one of them can even be a bit different from debrid to debrid too; depending on their connection speed with the individual server. Not much different than streamripper sites to music platforms.

They even make using public torrents faster, like you previously mentioned. And safer by not even using a client or connecting to the tracker or any seeders.

But they all expire and measure "inactivity" differently.

 

Rapidgator, if you're using it for free and not using this debrid thing (i'll have to look into that), seems like it has terrible performance to me. I'm always getting ~100 kb/s speed, it limits you to one download every 2 hours, makes you do a captcha for every download, and you have to download big files in parts.
Steamunlocked uses upload haven, I always get at least 1 mb/s, you can download big files without parts, you can download multiple at once, there's no rate limit (that i've encountered), and I haven't ever seen a dead link. Mega always works great for me as well. Maybe there are reasons these wouldn't work but I'd rather literally any hoster that doesn't have such annoying restrictions

 

I like Uploaded (R.I.P) and of course (old and dead) Zippyshare better but like others already mentioned Rapidgator is hard to beat when it comes to being top of the food chain. It doesnt suck that hard for free users compared to NitroFlare which is slower in speed and longer waiting time per file. You can refresh your 3 max download per day by resetting you IP (restart modem or something else) for Rapidgator, but NitroFlare remembers you through something else I think because the waiting time won't change even after you reset your IP. Debrid service is cheap as hell if you think your time is worth something. You are paying to save time and can spend the extra time to fight each other in the comment section in sisssy site.

 

Yes: when you are addicted to AZ, using Rapidgator in free mode is out of the question (100% frustrating). My advice is to test a subscription plan for a week, or better, a debrid service. I assure you, when you connect the account to JDownloader you’ll be ready to conquer the world and you will never go back to free mode: you just copy the peeplink and after 5 minutes you have a 40GB library.
I mean, you’re downloading thousands of dollars in apps, plugins and libraries: you shouldn’t be worried of spending a few bucks for a plan.
Note: price of Alldebrid for 300 days is $25
https://alldebrid.com/offer/

 

What releasers even use only Rapidgator? I thought there were guidelines about certain hosts they have to include, or a minimum number of alternate hosts. Then there are mirror-makers too. Katfile is a 30 second wait on any file, and relatively fast compared to Rapidgator for me. Filespayout is a 10 second wait and close to full speed. You just have to click the "free download" button, let another page load, go back to the original and wait 10 seconds for link to be there. They do not even have wait time between downloads, until you arbitrarily wear out your welcome with too many consecutive downloads.

You'll figure it out, because it's unlikely to change any time soon without good reason.

 

I don't think anyone is making any money from hosting on rapidgator. You can get paid in theory, but its unrealistic. Unless something is downloaded 1,000 times, and even then, payout varies greatly by country of the downloader, and downloads done through vpn etc do not count. If, and i highly doubt it, a provider meets those requirements, and all downloads are done through top tier countries, they will get 40$.

 

Thinking that piracy does not generate money seems inaccurate to me. Of course, making an estimate of how much the releasers earn is very difficult and I guess that who’s inside the business is not exactly inclined to release interviews on the topic. I asked GPT and the answer is exactly what I expected

Warez income estimate (GPT opinion):

Spoiler: AI contents

1. The Warez Group

• Cracks software/app.
• Creates a modified installer or a .zip file with a crack + instructions.

Motivation: fame, anti-corporate ideology, or profit.

2. Uploader / Affiliate

• Uploads the file to premium hosters like Rapidgator, Nitroflare, etc.
• Gets a download link tracked by the affiliate system.

Often they upload to multiple hosters for redundancy.

3. Distribution via Warez Sites

• Shares the links on:
  • Warez forums
  • Piracy blogs
  • Indexer sites (DDL sites)
  • Telegram or Discord channels

More traffic = more money.

4. Monetization

Two main sources of income:

A. Pay-per-download (PPD)

• Rapidgator & similar services pay per 1,000 downloads.
• Rate depends on country, file type, and account tier:
  • e.g. USA = $10–$20 / 1,000 downloads
  • e.g. India = $1–$3 / 1,000 downloads

B. Revenue Share (Premium Sales)

• If a user buys a premium account → the uploader gets 50–70% of the price.

A skilled uploader with their own site can earn:

• 500,000 downloads/month = $5,000–$10,000
• 20–50 premium sales/month = another $1,000–$2,000

5. Other Smaller Revenue Streams

• Ad-shorteners (like Adfly, Linkvertise)
• Pop-ups and porn/malware banners
• Sponsorships (fake VPNs, shady tools, etc.)

6. The Risks

• Hosters that scam uploaders and don’t pay
• Sudden shutdowns by FBI or EUROPOL
• Viruses or trojans (some pirates include them deliberately)
• Lawsuits from software companies

Summary:

Cracker → Uploader → Hoster (Rapidgator) → Forum / Warez Site → Download + Premium Sales (Money to Uploader)→ End User

Are we talking about big bucks? It depends on what you mean by “big bucks”, it also depends on which country in the world you will spend that sum. In any case, it is quite realistic to think that dealing with warez generates a decent amount of money.
Whatever the earnings are, it will always be too little for the effort that Teams make, but this is just my opinion.

 

Annoying? Why? Who’s not annoying then?

 

The bold and italics are mine.
I think this statement is not true, and can lead to a sense of entitlement.
It is great when it is free, but in no way "SHOULD" be...
Thinking that it SHOULD be free may lead some people astray.

 

Who you calling a sissy?

 

Oh gaaaawd. I tried doing the links game for a few months and after just under 4,000 downloads only made a pathetic grand total of $0.52 cents. And even if it were $100. its still not enough to pay the internet bill, electricity, premium account, etc and all the time involved doing this stuff.

These people complaining about file sharing services are selfish crybabies who don't have a clue what all goes into a release. Somebody usually has to buy it and supply it first, hundreds quickly turns into thousands of dollars in plugins alone, then spend days or weeks cracking and compiling it, then uploading and putting together the release post and keeping up with hosting links, none of which is cost "free" to do. Not to mention the websites audioz and this forum are they "free" to put together and run? Some of these comments are so selfishly stupid. Go ahead, try it yourself and report back to us with receipts bigshot!

The truth is it can be very expensive and time consuming, like a volunteer full time job plus overtime that you pay your employer to do lol. This thread starter is complaining when they should be praising the people who put in all of their own money, time and effort for US!! If not, then DO IT YOURSELF and show us all how it should be done champ! Or you could just be grateful for what is provided and STFU!

 

I totally agree with that!