trackers which do not accept donations!

[Bad-Day]

This thread wont be long,,,

how do they survive ?

[kukushka]

This thread wont be long,,,

how do they survive ?

here in russia there are some trackers in local networks that are supported by their own isp's for their users only. they save money that way on external traffic.. from what i remember, czone is similar somehow (although they're allow external peers)

[Cabalo]

Here we kinda had the same, but newsgroups related.
I saw a report back in the day saying how much they saved per year, and it was astounding.
This helped some ISPs to keep a good userbase with very limited international traffic.

[Sylar666]

Bithumen does not accept donation, nor does Bitgate.

[Ev0]

It's interesting to see that while many Romanians are accused of "cheating" or "trading" most of the Romanian sites don't seem to accept donations. An odd contrast...

Thats because most of them appear on the scene hosted on hi2.ro hosting or run off home PC's using xampp.

[wevotedno]

AwesomeHD

HDStar

CCFBits

[TrollinThunder]

I accept donations on behalf of all the abovementioned sites.

[QPD]

I accept donations on behalf of all the abovementioned sites.

lol..only if you can beg in romanian language!

[megabyteme]

There is a huge difference between a for-profit tracker and one that seeks donations in order to "keep the lights on".

Trackers should not be punished for asking for this kind of help. However, those who seek profit do not deserve that either.

Since we are coming up on Thanksgiving here in the US, I will explain the three "business models" in terms of dinner.

In the first scenario, a host invites guests to join him/her for a meal. The host has no shortage of resources and does not ask the guests to bring anything. This is very generous, but some wonder how it is possible to feed so many without asking anything in return.

In the second scenario, the host asks a few guests (if they are able) to bring something to share. Those who can afford to be generous are appreciated for their generosity and might receive some kind of mention at the table for doing so. Those who are not able to give much are still welcome. It is only asked that they be courteous and observe the rules of the house.

The third scenario involves the selling of "tickets" to the meal. No one is welcome unless they pay for their admission. No one is really a guest, as much as they are a customer.No one really likes this kind of asshole, but some go there just because they have not been invited to a nice, welcoming feast.

My point here is that tracker owners should not have to pay all expenses in order to receive respect and appreciation. Trackers who insist on "getting paid" for their services need to leave the community and never come back. They simply are not in the same spirit as the rest of us.

[roanghostdog]

elektronik.ro doesn't