iPhunwa2 | 153 points
Alright, so I've had a talk with /u/vcdupper and while the admins are still discussing it, I'd like to hear your opinion on Zippyshare as a substitute for MEGA.
I've been reading the comments and even the chats on Discord and I see Google Drive being touted a viable substitute. It might be good from a downloader's perspective, but for an uploader its even worse than MEGA. Free accounts on GD get 15 GB of storage space. Unlike MEGA, there's no 'import' bug on GD either where you could bypass that 15 GB limit.
Creating multiple Google accounts isn't as easy either. Based of from where I am at, we're required to verify our mobile numbers if Google's system starts noticing multiple accounts from the same IP address. Now, for instance, if I were to upload a 30 GB REMUX to GD, that'd require 2 Google accounts. Similarly, if I were to upload the GOT pack, I'd require around 15 accounts, which would definitely result in my accounts or IP address getting banned eventually.
Now, I've been using Zippyshare for the past 8 months. Sure, like every other file host they have their disadvantages (which I'll mention later in this post), but those are still very minor compared to GD or even MEGA for that matter. My account on Zippyshare has over 7 TB of data and has served around 220 TB of bandwidth and I've NEVER even once had any issues with them. Proof - https://i.imgur.com/Wd9wEPF.png
If you want to test Zippyshare's download speeds before actually commenting below, go here and download this file -
Again, this is an open discussion and I'd like to hear your opinion. Thanks for reading.
So, is you guys putting the stuff I want on a thumb drive and delivering it to my house still out of the question or...?
[-] R3a1ityCheque | 7 points
I'll be there in 5 with your "enthusiast-level, adult/animal entertainment."
[-] starbuck93 | 5 points
I'm pretty sure that's what they do in Cuba.
[-] Sprayedwithjizz | 18 points
Imho many porn forums used to upload movie clips on zippyshare since it had a built in player, the link let you watch a clip instead of downloading it. The links got taken down in a matter of hours and all of the uploaders stopped uploading to zippy. Just my 2 cents.
[-] BloodHawkDarkWolf | 18 points
Wasn't it confirmed that you could bypass the download limit by resetting your IP? Which you can do manually, via a script, or with a VPN (even a free VPN, which normally would not be recommended but doesn't really matter if your just using it to reset your IP)? (Ways to bypass the limit were discussed here
https://www.reddit.com/r/megalinks/comments/6f0z7h/meta_megadownloader_and_megatools_are_no_longer/)
Seems like a big rush to throw the baby out with the bathwater over a limitation that's bypassed relatively easily. Something else to consider is that if everyone moves to a different site the amount of traffic is going to force that site to make changes as well. I know in the past week or two I've seen people posting multiple scripts here for making multiple accounts and other things so I'm sure the volume of activity played a big part in this change. It's naive to think this won't just happen with another site everyone migrates to, which will put everyone back to square one and looking for another new site.
Also I'll mention this even thought I'm sure it's unpopular and has seen virtually no discussion: I bought a year of MEGA, and it was worth it. It came out to about $5 per month. I know some people will say they can't do that, but I don't know anybody who doesn't spend 5 bucks a month on something, usually a hamburger.
So since you can bypass the download limit via multiple ways (manually, with a script, with a paid or free VPN), or by buying a MEGA subscription for $5 a month (which is what a VPN subscription costs btw) those are worth considering before everyone throws their hand up and decides to move.
Are those solutions worse than a site that has a 200mb file limit and auto-deletes everything after a period of time? Also I have to mention again, if everyone moves to Zippyshare, or whatever, any other site, they will take steps to decrease the traffic and incentivize people to spend money, just like MEGA has done.
So be prepared for it, because it will happen.
Edit: also, you said the admins are discussing this? I hope you meant moderators, not admins, because administrators are entirely different. Administrators are actual employees of reddit and do not moderate subreddits.
If the admins are discussing this then we have more serious problems than what MEGA is doing about download limits.
Edit: Hmmm... post only a few minutes old at 6 in the morning but already downvoted? Guess I must have raised some hackles somehow. Weird...
Also, I feel like I have to say this: with what internet service costs in America, if you can afford to pay for internet service, you can afford $5 a month for a service like MEGA. Anyone who's gonna' tell me it's impossible, I just can't see it.
[-] fonts-a-tron | 4 points
Im using a paid Windscribe VPN and switching my IP address is very easy. Speeds aren't great, under 2MB/s connected to east coast US. Also, it needs to monitored to switch IPs once 5GB is hit. So overall DL times are much longer. But it is working for me.
[-] BloodHawkDarkWolf | 3 points
I haven't heard of that one, I think most people use PIA for VPN. Check out /r/vpn if you haven't, great resource.
Glad to hear switching IPs is working for you. I know it's not a solution for people with static IPs, but I'm pretty sure that's a small minority. Point is that there are multiple, easy, and free solutions to bypass this obstacle that work, so some of the panic is overblown I think.
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[-] AmazingAnagram | 1 points
I think you have some very valid points mate!
[-] BloodHawkDarkWolf | 3 points
I appreciate you saying that. This subreddit experiences crises of varying magnitude on a regular basis. The normal, common response is usually
It's really important that people understand that moving all the traffic from a widespread, popular site to a smaller site just dumps the problems of that amount of traffic on a provider that's less prepared to deal with it, and they will respond to that. Their response may, or may not, be better than the current situation.
I just want people to consider the possibilities and be prepared for the inevitabilities.
[-] AmazingAnagram | 17 points
Sounds pretty viable, except 200mb up limit is a bit difficult for some to manage
[-] simplefilmreviews | 13 points
As a light downloader, I could probably live with the 5GB per 7 hour download throttling. But I know a ton of other users download 100GB a day, so this is a problem.
(Hopefully r/megalinks doesn't disappear forever! Because a sub 5GB file on here would still be useful to some of us!)
[-] [deleted] | 10 points
this.
MOst of the stuff I'm interested in here are weekly series. why are covered with 1gb
[-] simplefilmreviews | 2 points
Exactly! I download Fargo weekly and that's always under 2 GB which is nice!
[-] Cartmanishere | 3 points
I don't think the sub will become obsolete. Just the frequency of huge collection posts will decrease. But for me personally, this is absolutely not viable anymore (at least for downloading. I'll continue the occasional uploads).
[-] imadethistojackoff | 11 points
The cons are kinda big tho. I mean there's always a catch to it I guess.
Whats bad with 200 mb splits?
[-] imadethistojackoff | 1 points
you have to go to each link and press download.
Ever heard of JDownloader? You can easily paste all links in it and it downloads all of them successively
[-] imadethistojackoff | 1 points
True. I didnt think of that.
[-] PringlesBuffaloRanch | 9 points
I've used Zippyshare a shitload and I've never had a problem with it. The 200MB might sound annoying on the surface but I've always been able to download multiple files from zippyshare in my browser at the same time, no 3rd party software needed.
As for uploading, 7-Zip has a setting whenever you make a new archive called "Split to volumes, bytes:" Simply punch in "200M" for 200MB and it will zip it into 200MB chunks. WinRar and whatever else should have similar settings.
When you download it, you wait until you have all the files and then you just extract the first file like you would a normal zip file and it will extract the whole thing for you.
This might be more annoying for 30GB remux movies but for something in the 2GB range, we are talking about 10 small downloads. Out of all the proposed replacements Zippyshare is the only one I've ever used, much less heard of. And OP has given plenty of other benefits. If we are jumping ship, it gets my vote.
I think zippyshare would be a great alternative, although you'd have to create a new sub and post there. Dl'ing in parts is not a big issue, jd automatically unzips anyway.
[-] HoneyFoxxx | 8 points
Tested out the download, and with jdownloader it is the same or even more convenient than mega.
I'm all for migrating to zippyshare, or at least allowing them as an alternative provider/hoster.
[-] Skareffect | 8 points
I always loved using Zippyshare, but not everybody likes uploading to them. I wish more users would use Zippyshare.
[-] sleeplessnight234 | 8 points
I love zippyshare, the speeds are amazing & its always consistent, its jdownloader friendly as well, zippyshare all the way.
Zippyshare sounds like a good altenative.I tried it and it s really fast. But how do they manage to survive without paid acccounts?
[-] mertcan1k2 | 7 points
200 mb per file? Jeez. This is a huge setback. Also, what about Microsoft's One Drive?
jdownloader automatically unzips multi part zips. other than the file size limit, zippyshare is the best filehoster around, for our purposes.
[-] amad_ahead | 5 points
i like how you say "our purposes"
[-] [deleted] | 7 points
Zippyshare is great, I'd love to see uploads on that site. Inconvenient for uploading very large files, but it would just take more time to compress and split into rars before uploading.
How about nofile.io?
Edit:
[-] AmazingAnagram | 2 points
nofile.io looks pretty good but how are they with DL and Upload speeds? Also how fast do they remove pirated content? And is that purely just for sharing files?
[-] samuelcseto | 2 points
you can try yourself, i've uploaded a file to it.
[-] BloodHawkDarkWolf | 1 points
Someone uploaded a 2.29GB file and it took about 15 minutes to download (I think) so whatever that works out to. I didn't monitor it exactly, and that's only 1 test on 1 file. You can find it elsewhere in this thread.
[-] BloodHawkDarkWolf | 2 points
This sounds really promising to me, IF moving to another site is absolutely necessary (which I don't think has been definitively proven).
No account registration is a positive imo. 10GB per file sounds way better than 200mb, this would allow even hardcore remux people to upload something in (at most) a 2 part rar. I looked at the site for a minute and it's in English, which is a positive for me, and seemed easy to navigate.
All those features sound positive, so I guess it would come down to the basics: how fast is the upload/download speed and how long does a file stay up? Because if it's slow to upload and download, or if putting files on it is pointless then those are pretty much dealbreakers.
[-] wrinklymonkey | 1 points
Sounds like a good one. Honestly, I get that this place is megalinks, but really I don't mind having people upload from several sites. Maybe the mods should get together and prepare a list of acceptable sites (not too many ads or malware, decent speeds, etc.) and we just go from there.
[-] HoneyFoxxx | 1 points
Yeah, I don't see the problem with allowing more than one hoster, especially when mega really isn't usable if you want more than 5gb, and you are not prepared to pay that 5$/month.
However, allowing all sites is not a good idea, as many of them are pretty awful like openload, and others have limits or are simply slow.
[-] ThatSylent | 5 points
Tried the download and i'm having 25 MB/s so i don't think anyone will have a throttle compared to Mega. Also you can just copy all the links and JDownloader2 will automatically sort them into the right packages so this doesn't really matter at all.
The only thing i am a bit concerned about is the privacy we had with mega.
we can just upload the files in a .rar with password protection, a weird name and add a dumb .nfo to mess up the hash check, that way they´ll never know what the file is.
[-] ThatSylent | 1 points
Well it's unsafer then end to end encryption.
[-] R3a1ityCheque | 5 points
Is Openload a non-starter for some reason?
[-] BloodHawkDarkWolf | 4 points
I don't know, I've never used it due to it being a malware deathtrap, but if it's just movies you're after /r/fullmoviesonanything pretty much already has that covered as far as a subreddit cataloging movies on openload.
That's pretty much all that subreddit is.
[-] hannibal_hayes | 3 points
Openload automatically re-encodes to a smaller file size and converts to mp4 = lower quality. i.e. American.Gods.S01E06.720p.WEBRip.X264-DEFLATE.mkv [1.67GB] is converted to American.Gods.S01E06.720p.WEBRip.X264-DEFLATE.mkv.mp4 [520MB] which is totally unacceptable.
It only re-encodes the file if you select that option when uploading. There are plenty of sites that use openload to host mkv files for download, not streaming.
[-] R3a1ityCheque | 1 points
will Openload do this with split and encrypted RAR files?
Even if it does, it could be stated to avoid their links?
[-] hannibal_hayes | 2 points
No. It will not re-encode RAR or ZIP files.
[-] SolomonKull | 5 points
yandex is really popular with music blogs I frequent.
https://yandex.com/support/disk/faq.html
You can get up to 20 GB of Disk space for free. You will get 10 GB right after connecting to Yandex.Direct
You can load files of up to 10 GB to Yandex.Disk
They impose no restrictions on storage time.
Zippyshare over Google. Google has too many resources and obligations to shut down accounts etc.
[-] ButtsMcCracken | 4 points
I've been downloading from various one-click-hosters for many years now and zippyshare is one of my favourites. It works very well with jdownloader so the file size slimit isn't a problem, either. Jd will download as many threads simultaneously, as you want, and automatically unpack the files.
[-] Someonethatisnthim | 4 points
Hmm I like the zippyshare's speed but am not sure about that whole downloading-in-a-lot-of-parts thing...
On the other hand have we considered https://degoo.com (100GB free storage) and mediafire.com (15GB)?
[-] douhaveanygreypoupon | 5 points
Stay the hell away from Degoo. it includes a bitcoin miner in their software.
[-] Yellowshirt83 | 13 points
Awesome free Bitcoin miner....
[-] samuelcseto | 4 points
I have tried uploading a movie to https://nofile.io/.
DOWNLOAD LINK
[-] BloodHawkDarkWolf | 1 points
Estimated download time for a 2.29GB file (this one) is about 30 minutes, so whatever that works out to be.
I like the no accounts and 10GB file sizes, but the dl speeds may be a little low. That is based solely on my download attempt, and is not a large enough sample size to judge it accurately.
It's still running and it looks like about 25% of the file after 4 minutes, so maybe about 16 minutes total for this file?
[-] samuelcseto | 1 points
i was uploading at my max up speed which is 20Mb/s. i don't know about the download tho.
[-] Borschvyruss | 4 points
Totally on board. The download speed is amazing, and JDownloader does the rest. I love Zippyshare
I suggest WorkUpload. Pros:
Very fast host with everything you mentioned as pros. (Not sure about download managers.)
Clean UI.
No fake downloads if you hit the wrong thing (besides ads)
Cons:
Files must be under 2GB
Files are removed after 180 days of inactivity.
Zippyshare is super fast to download from too, so even if you have to download multiple files, it doesn't take long
[-] jasonlecter93 | 3 points
going with zippyshare would be great...i use it all the time, great speed, and never had any problems with it.
[-] random_raven | 3 points
I agree, it works quite well as an alternative in light of what has happened with Mega.
hey i want to suggest openload as an alternative.
It is great and speed is good though.
I am for zippy - If we found a hoster with the same good pros, but with higher upload limit, we can go there - unfortunately we have to stick with that situation now.
[-] adfreemirrorlink | 2 points
Just make sure you are using adblock or ublock origin when clicking a zippyshare link.
[-] scorpionma | 2 points
I have dynamic internet IP , everytimr I reset my router I get a new one, I can get you as many Google account as you want
[-] simplefilmreviews | 1 points
How do you tell if you have a dynamic IP?
[-] scorpionma | 1 points
It's just that, everyone I reset my router (the one that connects to the ISP) my internet IP(Google what's my IP or using Cmd) changes to something else
I have like 15 Google email accounts, used them for years, 5 are used more often.
Any site which has a time limit takedown policy, is a no-no for me. But I use my mega account differently. I host files for my cheat site (mmoexploiters.com) and can't have a host take down my shit.
For a while I tried 4shared, but dmca closed 2 of 3 accounts.
I haven't tried using gd, but i like to hide programs in general, and this would add an extra step - either pw protection on archive or pw on link.
I did learn an anti dmca trick, which is to hide all links behind adf.ly links, and forcing ads to be shown - ie using adblockers stops the link. Now the advantage is that bots follow the ads which are fake downloads or try to submit to adfly. Side note, is that by linking to a site (adfly), which links to a site which hosts the dmca files (file host) protects my site from dmca take down notices.
An alternative option - but which costs money, is to pay for a server directly, with unlimited space/bandwidth, which takes light of dmca notices. But cost is like 75 USD monthly. Msg me if you a link.
Do you know of other sites which don't have time limitations to files?
I have an extra gdrive .edu account that offers unlimited upload and download if you like.
[-] RedHeadJedi34 | 0 points
I'll take it lol
[-] JustCause2015 | 1 points
I think Zippyshare is great I just copy the multiple links and jdownloader 2 detects the links in the clipboard and then I unzip the file once they have all finished.
[-] douhaveanygreypoupon | 2 points
Can jDownloader pull the links from the URL automatically? I don't mind giving zippy a test run but nobody is going to want to individually copy & paste or click 50+ different download links.
[-] JustCause2015 | 1 points
I just copy the wall of links and it sorts itself out
I guess the best solution would be an web of trust kind of system with p2p transfer...
Only how will people be allowed in your wot
[-] BloodHawkDarkWolf | 2 points
You mean like torrenting? :D
Except torrenting kind of misses the wot features.
[-] BloodHawkDarkWolf | 1 points
Doesn't the Pirate Bay, or the mirrors or whatever exist of it now, have a "trusted uploader/high-volume uploader" designation, as well as comments for torrents? That sounds like a web of trust system to me, but you may be referring to something super specific or might mean something I'm not aware of by "web of trust".
Just so long as /r/zippysharelinks is the place all of that content is posted.
Just to add, if you using Malwarebytes (or any web protection software) prepare to add Zippyshare into allowed/whitelisted site.
[-] PaddysChub432 | 3 points
[-] [deleted] | 1 points
How's mediafire as a hosting site sound? As someone who doesn't upload I'm obv not as knowledgable over what would and wouldn't work well for the uploaders but I'm just throwing shit out there
[-] inthebackground89 | 1 points
if zippyshare is used? which i doubt it, a good program is MiPony really simple: "copy url, paste to detect, and downloads" easy as that. but the thing to do is diversify your downloading preferences use other companies not just one, putting all your eggs in one basket is always a bad idea.
Can someone PM me the best sites where you can access high quality and regularly updated tv and movie links shares via zippyshare links please
[-] JaymanCookie | 1 points
Zippyshare is one of the best sites I've used beside mega
[-] rammalammadongding | 1 points
Is JDownloader the only downloader that can open .dlc files, or are there others?
[-] GoldenPresidio | 0 points
[-] turtlelova | 0 points
uploadfiles maybe?
[-] eightballthrowaway | -1 points
Why are we considering an alternative? I understand the issue with the whole now-cross-platform download limit stuff but isn't MEGA fine as it is? Or is something else happening? Unless I'm misunderstanding, I don't like the idea of switching this sub to something else.
Granted, personally I like the idea that now people will have to split massive files (seriously, who the fuck can download 30gb in one go?) but 200mb is kind of fucking ridiculous...maybe we should consider multiple parts as a way to get around the download restriction on MEGA now? I dunno.
Hopefully the downloader apps will be able to get around the restriction thing again eventually. Maybe I'm biased because the download limit has never affected me personally, but I am a stickler for doing things the way they've always been done, and this sub is called "megalinks" for a reason.
[-] BloodHawkDarkWolf | 8 points
From what I can tell MEGA has closed the loophole that allowed people to bypass the 5GB download limit using programs like Megadownloader/Jdownloader/etc. so now everyone just talking about abandoning MEGA entirely despite the fact that you can still bypass the limit by using a VPN to reset your IP, or just resetting your IP by resettting or unplugging your router.
Seems like an easier solution would be for people to just use a VPN or reset their IP, even if it's a free VPN, instead of abandoning MEGA entirely.
[-] eightballthrowaway | 2 points
This is what I was thinking. I've been doing this for ages since most of my downloading is done on a network where Megadownloader/etc and torrents are blocked. I just switch proxy after every 4 gb or so. Why would people just abandon the best file sharing site we have? I figured something much bigger must have happened that I missed but it looks like people are just being dramatic. Oh well. Doesn't affect me then.
Why is Megadownloader blocked on your network ?
[-] eightballthrowaway | 1 points
MEGA itself is blocked on this network, and basically every free VPN is also blocked so the only way I can access any connection to MEGA is through shitty Chrome proxy extensions. MEGAdownloader is blocked because it can't connect to MEGA.
[-] [deleted] | 3 points
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[-] eightballthrowaway | 0 points
If you're using a VPN it should work fine. I use the browser version and switch proxy using a chrome extension after every download and it's never blocked me from doing it, you just can't change in the middle of a download.
If you're using a VPN it should work fine.
Or buy Mega if you use this subreddit everyday too ?
[-] eightballthrowaway | 2 points
Also a good point.
theres this guy on tehparadox that uses owndrives its full speed just like mega
lots of downvotes from a bunch of people agreeing that we should use a site that has a 200mb upload limit..
He's probably on a pro plan or has an affiliate program with them. Free accounts get 1GB of storage space - http://i.imgur.com/ClMM6Ar.png
[-] age_of_cage | -5 points
Anything that requires multiple parts and ZIP/RAR'ing is out of the question.
Jdownloader automatically extracts and deletes the archives.
[-] age_of_cage | -1 points
Lots of programs do. It doesn't really change my opinion.
what other programs can do it? I'm looking for a program that does that and not jdownloader2
[-] eightballthrowaway | 1 points
Multiple files aren't necessarily a bad thing, but the 200mb restriction is pretty iffy in my opinion. I'd rather have a restriction on how much space you have than something as small as that. While massive files aren't good to download all in one go, you certainly dont want to have to download 15 rars just for one thing. Granted my opinions on this have proven controversial today so wtf do I know lmao
[-] AmazingAnagram | 2 points
I agree
[-] uwotm8_888 | -7 points
Ok people hear me out ive found a great site with no copyright problems whatsoever only thing is it has language of website in indo i think but wll content is english. Website is kbagi.com it already has lots of content and no limit as far as i can tell
[-] BloodHawkDarkWolf | 9 points
That site looks like malware central, full of deathtraps. And it's not in English... That's pretty difficult to navigate.
[-] uwotm8_888 | 1 points
Never had a malware to date and its still pretty straightforward. Basic dearch and download. Also the navigation is only indo everything else is english. And most of all it has no ad like other alternatives
We should literally just start making torrents.
[-] [deleted] | 16 points
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[-] mertcan1k2 | 0 points
Why are you 'avoiding' torrenting? This is a strong word choice... Are you in the U.S? That's the reason?
[-] CaptainnTedd | 3 points
I'm from Germany and torrenting here is like crazy risky
[-] mertcan1k2 | 0 points
Really? If torrenting is risky then why VPN services allow torrenting on their servers? Is it as dangerous as in the U.S?
[-] ISayWhatYouCant | 30 points | Jun 04 2017 06:55:53
200MB upload limit.
Gentlemen, it has been a privilege.
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[-] EvolutionVII | 9 points | Jun 04 2017 07:11:10
Why though? It's not like it's hard to split und join
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[-] ISayWhatYouCant | 7 points | Jun 04 2017 07:33:13
I know. The musicians played on as the ship sank, MegaLinks looks for a new host as the old one collapses. Just making a joke.
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[-] Elibroftw | 3 points | Jul 05 2017 03:16:30
Ends up having an intel atom smh
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