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Usenet is unmoderated. Once you post it, it sticks forever. We could probably get one of the independent providers to give free access to a new newsgroup. Anyone have any thoughts?

I’ve used Usenet for my content needs for years because it’s so fast and risk free. I think we could also use it for our community discussions.

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[-] james@lemmy.jamesj999.co.uk 3 points 1 year ago

The main reason it might be used is it integrates very well with services such as Sonarr/Radarr which can auto-download TV shows/movies if you have a good indexer. That and generally the Usenet servers do not keep access logs so it tends to be a lot safer than torrenting. For software/games etc. I would stick with torrents, but for TV/Movies if you have your own server Usenet is a compelling service.

[-] aebrer@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I have used both and I don't disagree with you, but I want to say it's worth noting that torrents also work fine with Sonarr and Radarr!

[-] james@lemmy.jamesj999.co.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Good point - I did find torrents a lot more fiddly to set up though.

[-] aebrer@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Agreed again haha, it was way more fiddly (but also more free!)

These days I'm just using Stremio for my media though, with add-ons it's glorious

[-] james@lemmy.jamesj999.co.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Free is always the best price! I've been using a Sonarr/SABnzbd/Emby setup on my home built NAS (unRAID) for about 7 years now. Until recently I had about 9.5TB of shows but then got ransomwared :(. Got about 4 of it back now and counting!

[-] aebrer@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Omg that's awful 😱 sorry for your loss

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