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

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

100% - i get 40MB/s on Usenet, something i could only dream about on torrents...also i am in germany, torrenting is quite risky here.

When i find something on usenet, it is there..period. I can get it. On torrents? Just because i found a magnet doesn't mean there is anyone seeding it.

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Don't you need to spread your accounts across multiple providers due to the partial uploads in other to get a complete archive?

Last time I looked, ever the .par technology to deal with missing segments was useless. I got the impression I'd need multiple accounts to have a chance at getting a complete download

[-] theUnlikely@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

What indexer(s) are you using?

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it was newsbin? This was years ago admittedly...

[-] theUnlikely@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Wow it really was ages ago if you mention newsbin as an indexer. Nowadays, indexer usually refers to privately run services that index nzbs for you. Most require a subscription fee, but are worth it because without them you can't really find anything manually anymore since the file names are all obfuscated. This really helps prevent copyright takedowns.

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I don't think there were discrete indexers.

I've missed a few rounds of cat and mouse

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

This exactly I find something on usenet it is there. And I can download at full speed.

[-] rdb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

No problem hitting 110MB/s on decent German private trackers. Also everything worthy to keep (like highest resolution release available in case of series and movies) has been seeded, even when it's been uploaded 10 years ago.

Which trackers did you try? 'Just because i found a magnet' sounds like you've been on public trackers?

But I'm with you, Usenet is overall less of a hassle.