hokay well first you need adblock and antivirus, obvs.
I canât give you much advice on streaming. if you want to stream, you can probably just google it and dig around a bit till you find a site. I donât know a lot of good streaming sites because itâs a hassle and I donât like doing it, but thereâs less risk of viruses or your isp getting pissy. So if you donât mind extra legwork for less risk, streaming is fine.
Now, if you want to torrent, thereâs some initial set up but after that getting what youâre after is a lot easier.
Step 1: first you need a torrenting program.
thereâs a lot of options but right now I use Tixati. Go ahead and get that installed. This is what allows you to download torrents.
Step 2: Now you probably want a VPN. This helps prevent the previously mentioned âisp gettin pissyâ problem. some torrents will have trackers that tattle on you to Comcast or whoever provides your internet. A VPN disguises your ip address to make it harder for them to figure out where you are. In my experience, if youâre just torrenting the occasional game or movie and not like, guzzling terrabytes of just-released content, the worst that will happen is your isp will shut your internet off till you call them and apologize and make some excuse about your neighborâs kids using the wifi. they canât actually do shit besides that. But if you want to avoid the hassle, use a VPN and torrent smart. Only get torrents from trusted sources, avoid brand new or leaked content which is more likely to be being watched, and donât leave the actual torrent file (not the downloaded content but the torrent itself) sitting on your computer longer than necessary.Â
For VPNs, thereâs a lot of options. Tunnelbear is generally well respected service. But itâs not free, and I donât think something that heavy duty is really necessary for casual torrenting. If youâre messin around in the dark web and shit or torrenting on a daily basis, maybe. But for casual use, I get by with the free VPn built into the Opera web browser. Important note- Opera is basically the lite version of Chrome, itâs owned by google. Companies can buy their way through its security. Itâs not perfect. But like I said, if youâre being smart and only torrenting occasionally, itâs a decent free option.
Step 3: Now that youâve got your torrent program installed and your VPN running, itâs time to pick a torrent site!
The Pirate Bay is the oldest and best option when it comes to torrenting sites, imo. In particular because 1. you can sort results by number of seeders (the more seeds, the faster it downloads) 2.they make it easy to identify trusted sources. Look for the pink skull next to the link. These torrents will generally be safer than any others.
Unfortunately, pbay is also the most well known pirate site, so it goes down pretty often. if you donât feel like waiting for it to come back up, you can check out other sites like Kickass Torrents or  EZTV. If you find one or all of those is always âdownâ it may be that your isp is blocking your access to the site. Google a proxy, most of these sites have several, and use a vpn.
So, first lets search for gomens on pb.
Bam. There you go. Pick the third one down. The others have more seeds, but the pink skull means this one is safer.
click the green âget this torrentâ magnet link, and itâll ask if it can open Tixati. Let it do its thing. Tixati will take a minute to download the basic info about the file, then ask your permission to start.
you can see the files included in the torrent there, and where they will be saved. If it all looks good, hit start and wait. Depending on your internet speed, it may take a while. When itâs done, hit stop and remove to get rid of the torrent file and go enjoy your content. And thatâs it! Youâre done! Itâs much less complicated than it seems.
Have fun, torrent responsibly, support unions and Fuck Amazon.