Stolen from mastodon
Their caption “look, it’s all my favorite streaming services on one platform!” Is probably better than mine lol
Stolen from mastodon
Their caption “look, it’s all my favorite streaming services on one platform!” Is probably better than mine lol
Usenet >
What is Usenet? (Obviously don’t feel obligated to answer)
Torrenting for old people /s
Hey, I’m not that old. I just have opinions as to my lawn and your proximity to it.
When the internet was a better place.
It was only a better place when access was gatekept by universities and research institutes. Once the general public was allowed in, carpetbaggers from Florida (the same sorts who would get into crypto a generation later) realised that you could flood the discussion forums the trusting natives had built with spam for no cost, and if even one person out of millions took the bait, you’d come out on top. It became a blasted wasteland soon after that, with people retreating to mailing lists.
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tl;dr: You download files from a server you pay to access. Faster and more secure (assuming you trust the server host).
I use Eweka and NZBGeek as my indexer. If you don’t have access to fancy private torrent networks then this is a much less painful experience than having to navigate torrent sites these days. Combine with *aar and life is pretty sweet.
It’s very sweet. Gonna through DrunkenSlug in as well. I’ve used geek, eweka, slug, and abnzb. I currently use geek and slug. Eweka is also great, just didn’t re-up. Abnzb is meh.
Kinda? Kind of bad for anything that’s new though but anything that’s older than the last decade it is amazing.
What? I’m in 3 private torrent trackers, and have usenet also and 90% of stuff I grab with *arr software are from usenet, even stuff that’s new/releasing rn have best releases on usenet.
Only way torrent is better is if you get into those super private trackers but otherwise usenet is still better in my case.
Maybe I’m just looking in the wrong places but anytime I try to look for anything that came out recently at all it doesn’t exist usually takes a minute.
Use a better indexer.
Define “a minute”. I normally get things from Usenet within minutes of it finishing airing