What usenet server do you use? (feddit.de)

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[-] xodiak@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm probably about average when it comes to tech stuff. I always feel dumb when I start looking into getting started with usenet, then get intimidated and quit researching. My torrent + vpn has failed me a couple of times in the past three years. So I really just need to make the leap. Just finding this community and reading through some of the posts has given me an initiative boost.

[-] CheekyYoghurts@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Provider: Eweka Indexer: Geek

[-] sup@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Is it just me or is usenet a bit expensive? One would need to pay for both an indexer and a provider. Regular public trackers have majority of the content for, well, free. Is obscure stuff on Usenet easier to find?

[-] thisusernameistaken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

i wouldnt waste my time with torrents now. it is one of those things hard to explain but once you make the jump for yourself you will just know and wish you did it long ago. if you are all in for under a $100 per year, i dont consider that expensive at all.

[-] thisusernameistaken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

frugal usenet here as well but i have collected block accounts over the years that really never get used so they just sit there.

[-] nix@merv.news 1 points 1 year ago

Block accounts?

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 year ago

I don't know what the fuck use net is i just want to steal from people like new business insider owner or whatnot the channel name is

[-] PlasmaK@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

lol imagine paying for pirating

[-] null@zerobytes.monster 0 points 1 year ago

lol and now imagine you can use usenet for free

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Broken packages everywhere

[-] nix@merv.news -1 points 1 year ago

What exactly is the appeal of Usenet when almost everything is available through torrents for free? I also never really understood trusting giving out your payment information.

Do people use Usenet as forums besides the ability to share files?

[-] jugalator@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The main feature is that you’ll never have problem with too few or no seeders again, and everything will be fast always, and no one will ask or expect you to seed. Some have retention period on the content for like a decade.

[-] nix@merv.news -1 points 1 year ago

But if the uploader stops hosting the file everyone loses the ability to download?

[-] AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

No, if the server you use stops hosting the file, then you can't download it. Other people might still be able to, if their server still has the file. Most servers seem to do at least 3000 days retention, and others I've seen do 5000 days, so anything recent is probably gonna be there.

Its the same with torrents though, with the exception that hardly any torrent still has seeders after 5000 days. Usenet is more reliable in that regard, because you dont have to worry that older files won't have enough seeders for you to grab the whole thing.

[-] nix@merv.news 0 points 1 year ago

Idk about 5000 days since ive never downloded such an old file but ive never come across a torrent that no longer had seeders unless it was a very obscure torrent with only a seeder or two to begin with. Seems like most torrents are on a couple seedboxes

[-] AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

I used to come across it all the time when downloading anime years ago. But now I don't worry about that because I can download entire seasons of any anime in a minute or two without doing any searching myself. I just give Sonarr a name and start watching.

[-] Pulp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

You ever not find something on usenet but found it on some tracker though?

[-] AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

No. I stopped using torrents a couple days after I started using Usenet, and nowadays I download anything new that I'm interested in as soon as somebody uploads it, which is usually an hour or two after it airs/releases. Anything upcoming I see that interests me I pop into the relevant *arr app, and then I get notified when it's downloaded later. I'm sure there are people who have experienced the situation in your example, but since I only search for new and upcoming media, I'm not a good person to ask. I don't peruse anything really obscure either, mostly mainstream fantasy and sci-fi. Things like Star Wars, Wheel of Time, The Expanse, and stuff like that. I know, I'm boring, but I can't help what makes me happy.

[-] Pulp@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 year ago

Hour or two? Thats unacceptable. If theres a new episode or season of some show coming out I need it within few minutes which is what (private) torrents give you

[-] AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

You have your way to get content, and I have mine. The only difference is, my way doesn't rely on other people to get what I want. I just get it, with no other considerations beyond what to pick to watch. And I'm immensely fine with that level of sheer effortlessness.

Kudos to you on finding a cool internet club though. Best of luck to your ratio, or whatever you folks are keeping track of these days!