So I have seen the hate/criticism around this subreddit's piracy megathread, is it valid or nonsense?

I recently saw a post and many others esp. this one where users complained that it was outdated, stuff didn't work (I do think I kinda agree withi this one), unsafe, had malicious ads etc.

Do you guys think it is overblown and that the megathread here is pretty safe and MOSTLY up to date and working? Or do you think it has some truth to it?