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ExtraTorrent Says Goodbye

  • May 17, 2017
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ExtraTorrent Says Goodbye

Farewell, ExtraTorrent

ExtraTorrent is probably gone for good. Our friends at Torrentfreak gave us the bad news this morning that one of the more popular torrenting sites, ExtraTorrent, has decieded to shut down permanently.

We already recently lost KickassTorrents and Torrentz.eu. Isohunt also shut down a couple of years ago “indefinitely” after years of court battles over copyright issues with the MPAA.

Demonoid has been on and off for years as well.

Many of our readers are wondering what will be left?

As of now, The Pirate Bay (thepiratebay.org) still functions, but they have had a rocky ride the last few years – many of the main players have faced raids, prison time and are still tied up in courts. TPB seems to live up to its slogan, however, “The galaxy’s most resilient BitTorrent site“.

ExtraTorrent Closes on Wednesday

The beloved torrent site left us with this message on their home page: “ExtraTorrent has shut down permanently ExtraTorrent with all mirrors goes offline.. We permanently erase all data. Stay away from fake ExtraTorrent websites and clones. Thx to all ET supporters and torrent community. ET was a place to be…. May 17, 2017″

No one knows yet if the contributers to ExtraTorrent are under legal pressure, but it would follow the trend in relation to pirate sites in recent years.

The internet reacts to the loss:

🙁

What’s left to do?

Dumped!

Interesting Theory

We’re all struggling bro

Techworm_in has some alternative suggestions:

An update from Torrentfreak:

Update: We were informed by SaM that ExtraTorrent’s release group ETRG is gone now. “Ettv and Ethd could remain operational if they get enough donations to sustain the expenses and if they people handling it ready to keep going,” we were told. (Read more…)

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3 Comments

  • Hey guys I wrote an article called “Top 3 ExtraTorrent Replacements” in case you need to find a new home. Good luck! =)

    http://codex.games/top-3-extratorrent-replacements/

    • Great alternative suggestions, Josh – thanks ❤

  • Thanks for the alternative suggestions, everyone! Socialhax cannot vouch for the safety of any of these alternative sites, so please use them at your own risk. Thanks 🙂 -Ade

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