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0 pointsSSLy2y ago0 comments

I recommend registering on some usenet indexer instead.

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Usenet is good for mainstream/relatively new content, but it's not easy to find less popular/old stuff there.

My experience has been opposite, actually. A couple times I got content from Usenet when all torrents I could find were already dead. (Usually I then seed those torrents, if the files from Usenet match)

blitzar2y ago

I download all my linux ISO's through usenet these days.

xu3u322y ago

Games? Or other software?

moffkalast2y ago

That almost costs more than actually paying for the content.

Zetaphor2y ago

I pay ~$100 year and it's a far better experience than I've ever had with torrents

moffkalast2y ago

You also have to associate credit card info with illegal activity that leads directly back to your physical self. Pass.

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loeg2y ago

Hasn't binary Usenet been dead for something like a decade? Anything on the public NZB indexers got DMCA'd very quickly even many years ago.

SSLyOP2y ago

Well, there are also semi-private and private indexers. The binary stream size grows every week.

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b2158262y ago

Usenet is good for mainstream/relatively new content, but it's not easy to find less popular/old stuff there.

notpushkin2y ago

blitzar2y ago

I download all my linux ISO's through usenet these days.

xu3u322y ago

Games? Or other software?

moffkalast2y ago

That almost costs more than actually paying for the content.

Zetaphor2y ago

I pay ~$100 year and it's a far better experience than I've ever had with torrents

moffkalast2y ago

You also have to associate credit card info with illegal activity that leads directly back to your physical self. Pass.

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loeg2y ago

Hasn't binary Usenet been dead for something like a decade? Anything on the public NZB indexers got DMCA'd very quickly even many years ago.

SSLyOP2y ago

Well, there are also semi-private and private indexers. The binary stream size grows every week.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse