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Just wondering what a rough split is of people using either Usenet, torrents, or both?

I've only just discovered Usenet and while it is paid, it is very cheap and much more convenient than torrents.

Using torrents as well with the *arr suite set up for my various Linux ISOs.

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[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

I tried it but TBH went back to torrents. I found it to be very fiddly to get working, every single component seems to want you to pay for it (and not wanting to pay for and keep track of half a dozen streaming things is one of the main draws for piracy for me anyway) and overall it just didn't seem worth it to find the ~1% of things I can't find on torrents (and I didn't even find all of them on Usenet either.)

Other people's mileage may vary of course, but I didn't really think it was worth it.

[–] Shimitar@feddit.it 1 points 5 months ago

Usenet is fast and very convenient, but very little content in my language, so... Not sure will renew subscriptions when they expire.

[–] jeeperv6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

Usenet for 30 years now. Torrent for 15 or so. Usenet primary source.

[–] Mister_GothFvck@lemmy.studio 1 points 5 months ago

Just torrents and I seed as much as possible. I knew about Usenet many years ago but, for whatever reasons, never really got into it. One day...

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