They do have games, but what you find dependents largely on the indexer. For example nzb.life previously nzb.su has a lot of PS4 games. Some indexers offer a trial, you can check what they have.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

The trick is to have multiple backbones/providers. If an article is missing, you can replace it with another.

[-] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I have one ultimated provider, the reset are blocks. I think this is the best and cheapest way to have multiple backbones. 1 TB blocks could last years. I only used 70 GB of my block for missing articles the past year.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Same here.

[-] CoyoteFacts@piefed.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's generally better to instead have more indexers, or indexers that repost stuff. Articles on the various providers often get taken down at the same time, so while it's not a bad idea to get a lot of blocks just in case, you'll get a better chance of completion by just trying a different .nzb

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Both.
Personally I have one subscription and one block account on a different backbone.
So far i rarely had a missing article (usually older uploads).

[-] CoyoteFacts@piefed.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah that sounds about right. It also depends on which indexers you're using, as I imagine the more public indexers will have a higher chance of getting takedowns from trolls. It's worth noting that I believe the running theory is that a lot of 2021-2023 articles were voluntarily deleted to save space, resulting in issues even for .nzbs that weren't takedown'd. It's also theorized (and outright stated sometimes) that providers do silently delete data that is rarely or never accessed as well to save space, so that can be a random issue too.

Personally, I lean more into torrent technology because usenet can be fickle for these reasons even if you're in the secret indexers, whereas if you're in at least some semi-good private torrent trackers you'll never have completion issues (just potentially slower downloads). I also feel like usenet's scalability, future, and pricing is sort of uncertain.

[-] max2078@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Personally, I lean more into torrent

Why not both. Both is great

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I'm in some better trackers in and I usually prefer those over usenet.
What I actually like usenet for is that I can bypass my seedbox which has only so much space and I try to seed longterm