Bayfiles: The Pirate Bay Founders Launch File-Hosting Site (opens in new tab)

(torrentfreak.com)

29 pointsniekmaas14y ago15 comments

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krelian14y ago· 2 in thread

I find it hard to grasp how these kind of services turn a profit (apparently they do because there are so many of them!). The bandwidth and storage costs must be huge and I can't really see the benefit in paying for an account. As far as I understand even paying users have download limits and compared to something like a seedbox your account is only valid for one file hosting service while you have no guarantee that the files you'll want tomorrow might be on a different file hosting provider.

benologist14y ago

They turn a huge profit by hosting pirated stuff and making downloading painful without a premium account.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20087753-261/the-mystery-m...

To download from bayfiles:

1) go to link http://bayfiles.com/file/Rf5/GXSeLh/zeromq-2.1.7.zip

2) click the discrete grey download button

3) wait 15 seconds on the next page

4) enter captcha on the next page

5) click start download, at a capped speed

OR with a premium account:

1) go to link

2) click download, at high speed

krelian14y ago

I know how they work I just don't see how they get so many people who don't like to pay for stuff to pay for the service( I don't find the free service that cumbersome).

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justinph14y ago· 1 in thread

There's already http://bayimg.com/.

unicornporn14y ago

And http://www.baywords.com/ and http://www.pastebay.com/ .

wyclif14y ago· 1 in thread

Where's the go-to place for high quality (e.g. FLAC) pirated music now?

lhnz14y ago

cough What.CD

dublinclontarf14y ago· 1 in thread

Why? I mean why bother?

hack_edu14y ago

Because a very large portion of piracy now travels through ad/premium based free file hosts rather than torrents. New hosts pop up each day and those who post the files rake in cash. There's seemingly no ceiling on the number of file hosting providers, especially if the users just want to download their file and go.

So, short answer, there's a ton of money being made in this sphere and TPB could swiftly grab a large swath of it.

unicornporn14y ago

I do appreciate that the layout uses the kopimi pyramid shape!

listic14y ago

Entering reCaptcha looks like too much work do just download a single file.

c_raig14y ago

Finally, a place to store all of my information on Michael Bay.

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12 comments · 7 top-level

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benologist14y ago

They turn a huge profit by hosting pirated stuff and making downloading painful without a premium account.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20087753-261/the-mystery-m...

To download from bayfiles:

1) go to link http://bayfiles.com/file/Rf5/GXSeLh/zeromq-2.1.7.zip

2) click the discrete grey download button

3) wait 15 seconds on the next page

4) enter captcha on the next page

5) click start download, at a capped speed

OR with a premium account:

1) go to link

2) click download, at high speed

krelian14y ago

I know how they work I just don't see how they get so many people who don't like to pay for stuff to pay for the service( I don't find the free service that cumbersome).

2 more replies

justinph14y ago· 1 in thread

There's already http://bayimg.com/.

unicornporn14y ago

And http://www.baywords.com/ and http://www.pastebay.com/ .

wyclif14y ago· 1 in thread

Where's the go-to place for high quality (e.g. FLAC) pirated music now?

lhnz14y ago

cough What.CD

dublinclontarf14y ago· 1 in thread

Why? I mean why bother?

hack_edu14y ago