Fellow pirates, what are some underrated websites and softwares that more people should be using

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XDCC
- What is that?
  
  If you have ever heard of IRC it uses that network to directly send files to you. Basically you need an IRC client then you message a bot for the file(s) you want it to send to you. There are xdcc search engines like sunxdcc and you can usually find books, audio, anime, etc.
  
  Im sorry for asking this but what is IRC?
  
  Its an old school chat protocol. You can try it for yourself kiwiirc is a website that lets you chat with IRC. You need to pick a network, Rizon is a good network to start with. There are a bunch of different commands you can use but the only ones i found useful are /msg to send a message and /join to join a channel.
  For the downloading part you need a client that supports XDCC, and then you can use these commands with your bot of choice
  
  Thanks! Will definitely have to check it out once my brain remembers to remember this.
  
  IRC is a simple text chat protocol.
  DCC is an extension for file transfer.
  XDCC is a text command definition/protocol for interacting with irc chat bots offering files through DCC.
- Oooh so it's my first time hearing and after looking it up, WHY AREN'T PEOPLE USING IT? Like why pay for a VPN, when you have stuff like this? What are the limiting factors for XDCC?
  
  Its not as common as torrenting, so less stuff is uploaded to it. Also download speeds are dependent on the bot, so some dls can be pretty slow
  
  The limiting factor is accessibility/usability.
  Having to set up an irc client, with xdcc, and then learning about xdcc commands.
- Are there better web search engines than https://www.xdcc.eu/?
  
  I like sunxdcc.com and i think xdcc.rocks is another option but i havent tried it

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