*MS Paint

I still long for the old Scene Torrents days. RIP SCT

I have mixed emotions of love and hate.

Nbz360 was the fastest app purchase of my life. Less than 5min and I knew I needed to give that man some $.

I built a home virtual server host on Proxmox. It destroyed itself 3 times in 6 months. I gave up and installed server 2019 with HyperV. Has been rock solid for years.

If you run windows then try 🪟+. (Full stop) To access an array of ascii emoji.

Demonoid, that is a name from my past. I thought that site imploded? Now I am curious if my login still works…

Not sure if you mean find recommendations of new stuff to listen to, or the download source? Recommendations from Last.fm Download source is currently Deezer. Lidarr+ scripts has a bit of a learning curve https://github.com/RandomNinjaAtk/arr-scripts

Spotify was OK back when I used it after Google Music died. YouTube Music’s algorithm sucked so I used Spotify for about a year. Then I installed Plex for movies and TV but also found it was also great at streaming music. PlexAmp gives me access to a good suggestion algorithm. I made the decision to give them my $$ instead. Now with lidarr+scripts I can have any music I want with almost zero effort. Plus, as the OP said, I get the fun little side hobby of music curation.

I usually only use private trackers but am willing to give this a go as a low priority alternative. Thank you for your post.

This is the way. I stopped for many years after I stopped using Winamp. But it is back on after setting up Plex to last FM scrobbing.

I agree with this. Torrents should have the lowest priority of traffic through your router. Also, sending torrent traffic through a VPN could be an easy way to control the speeds.

Daniel Radcliffe should have been James McAvoy for the professor X crossover.

I used to pirate android apps but then I realised that flicking some independent app developer $10 has no affect on my budget. And it is way easier.