I use a seedbox to run qBittorrent with Jackett, and have a bunch of sources on there. I know there are other methods, but that works for me and I'm comfortable with it.
Rarbg has been gone for about five months and it's harder and harder to find 4k TV rips. For current shows, sometimes you can get episodes as they air, but it's rare to see full seasons.
The tipping point was when I searched for a Netflix show from two weeks ago just now, with zero 4K results.
I've always hated private trackers since they're a pain in the ass, but is that the only option now? Do I need to look at a different method entirely? I've been torrenting since that existed, but if I need to do something else, let me know.
I don't expect to get torrent sites in any responses, but you can do that if you have any 😂
Private trackers (e.g. TorrentLeech) often have rules around large torrents (>15gb) or even around season packs for shows. This means it's trivial to download 4K season packs, and all you have to do is seed them for the requisite number of days (to avoid being tagged with a hit and run), rather than try to maintain a ratio.
I'm on private but don't have a seedbox, so I'm 100% pay to play. I pony up $100 every couple of years and my ratios don't matter. On a personal pride level I make sure my old favorites say seeding, esp now that they only have a couple of seeders, but for torrents with 30-100 seeds I'm not needed and my contribution with a 10Mb cable pip against Gb seedboxes is always nil.
I paid for a seed box for one month, around $25 and built enough ratio from that month to last me years.