The majority of people aren't aware of things like uBlock and other script-blocking browser tricks wherein any otherwise annoying and illegal streaming site becomes a glorious place to view and rip stuff 😺🏴‍☠

I also recommend UnblockNinja.com is a great proxy to visit before hitting torrent sites, or TorrHunt for searching for torrents (I use it on Linux), which I use with Transmission (a Bittorrent client that's faster and cleaner than qBittorrent)