: Since the original shutdown, numerous "clone" or "imposter" sites (such as yts.mx or yts.ag) have emerged. While these sites use the YIFY/YTS branding and design, they are not operated by the original team.
: While their releases were praised for visual clarity relative to file size, they were often criticized by audiophiles for having low-bitrate audio and fewer audio channels. It YIFY
YIFY, later rebranded as YTS, was one of the most prominent peer-to-peer release groups in the history of digital piracy, specializing in high-definition movie distributions with exceptionally small file sizes. : Since the original shutdown, numerous "clone" or
: The group was founded in 2010 by Yiftach Swery, a 23-year-old computer science student from Auckland, New Zealand, using the pseudonym "YIFY". : Since the original shutdown