The torrent tracker used to specialize in pirated releases of movies and TV series. RARBG, which recently announced its closure, was launched in 2008 as a Bulgarian BitTorrent tracker. The site quickly began to cater to an international audience and focused on English language releases.
In 2008, RARBG was first blocked due to copyright infringement. In 2017, Google also removed it from its search results. The site was currently blocked in many countries. It is one of the few cases where a torrent site has shut down on its own.
As it closed trading, the peer-to-peer file-sharing website also posted a farewell message on its front page. The message read: โHello guys, we would like to inform you that we have decided to close our site. The last 2 years have been very difficult for us: some people on our team have died due to covid complications, others are still suffering from the side effects, unable to work at all. Some are also fighting the war in Europe - IN BOTH SIDES. In addition, the increase in the price of energy in data centers in Europe affected us quite a bit. Inflation makes our daily expenses impossible to cover. Therefore, we can no longer run this site without massive expenses that we can no longer cover out of pocket. After a unanimous vote, we have decided that we can no longer do this. Sorry ๐ Bye.โ
frequent questions
Q1: What is RARBG?
RARBG is one of the largest pirate torrent trackers in the world.
Q2: Why did RARBG shut down?
RARBG closed, citing the COVID pandemic and the Ukrainian war.
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