Can usenet be used for free? (feddit.it)

submitted 2 years ago by sh3ll@feddit.it to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Are there ways to use usenet without a payment/subscription?

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[-] d4nm3d@demmy.co.uk 3 points 2 years ago

yeah you don't exactly understand what usenet is i don't think... please hold whilst i duck to avoid all the abuse i feel is now coming my way..

[-] immibis@social.immibis.com 0 points 2 years ago

@d4nm3d The original purpose of usenet was to spread news. However, you're asking in a piracy lemmy. In the context of piracy, usenet is a system where you straightforwardly pay someone to download illegal content from them, as opposed to a peer-to-peer system like bittorrent. Obviously, some universities may use usenet to spread news, but they certainly won't use it to spread pirated content.