Who would that be in this case?

If your problem with Bitcoin is that it’s a made up currency then I have vers bad news about gold for you.

And all other currencies.

That plan is ludicrous for a lot of reasons but you chose to mention the only two that are not it

With torrents you’re limited to the networks and sources that you have connected. The torrent client search for example is very limited, that’s where the trackers come in.

The question is how debris compares to stuff that is not found on public trackers.

An easy test are niche audiobooks or foreign movies - those are quite rare/specialized.

And the top comment explains why it indeed is such s big issue. This is incomprehensibly incompetent.

There are few more services you need to be able to trust beyond your mail and VPN. If you have still trust then that’s ok, don’t get me wrong - but stating “just because the CEO spewed s bit of pro trump shit this got blown out of proportion” doesn’t acknowledge the propositions at all.