My friends always knew what I was doing and who I was.
At the time it was nothing worth bragging about.
However, a year later the YIFY tag started to become noticed.
New movie releases came out at a regular frequency and were downloaded by hundreds of thousands of people.
YIFY says that he often bragged about his uploading capabilities.
He says on Reddit AMA.
I didnt really go out of my way to keep the YIFY thing a secret in my real life.
I loved bragging about it.
All my friends knew, all my family knew.
It wasnt really ever a big deal.
After all, it was my baby, he tells us.
YIFY was known for his uploads which were smaller in size but lacked video and audio quality.
Some people praised YIFY for its video quality and others hated the group for it.
Another often heard complaint is that YIFY was stealing from the Scene.
Looking back, YIFY doesnt necessarily disagree with the critique.
Technically we were stealing from the Scene.
I respect what they did and would thank them a bunch in person if I could.
Ultimately, the way I saw it, the YIFY brand was simply filling another niche.
It was no secret that most of our sources were from normal Scene uploaders, YIFY adds.
There were occasions, back when PublicHD were active, that we would partner up.
When PublicHD went away so did my source.
The End of YIFY
YIFYs end was as sudden as the beginning.
Torrent lovers were left searching for new YIFY/YTS releases when it disappeared last October.
Similarly the YTS website also disappeared without warning or explanation.
It took a few days before the actual reasons for shutting down of uploads and the website was known.
YIFY doesnt want to disclose what transpired then.
This is essentially how it all played out.
Several sites mimicked the look of the defunct YTS site and started to release movies of their own.
This includes YTS.ag, a site that remains popular today.
My initial thoughts was Oh shit, how did they even get this?!
was I hacked??
I was very impressed initially.
About Piracy and Hollywood industry
YIFY disagrees with the movie industry that piracy kills movies or music.
He feels that torrents actually increase the visibility of any movie thereby directing more footfalls to the theatres.
Piracy is not going away.
This will never have a 100% success rate, but its the only way to win the war.
YIFY gives the example of Spotify which changed the way we buy and hear music.
Look at Spotify for example.
For the most part, torrenting is inconvenient.
Its a multiple step process and nobody wants to see those crappy Pirate Bay ads while theyre at work.
So you use Spotify, YIFY says.
I understand this is a really tricky situation, but it just needs patience.
Breaking the law?
Technically speaking, a torrent site doesnt actually host anything illegal nor anything infringing.
The return
Asked whether he would an stage a comeback anytime, YIFY says never!
Haha, no way!
And that is the end of YIFY/YTS!
source: www.techworm.net
