How many of you use Usenet VS torrents (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by overload@sopuli.xyz to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Just wondering what a rough split is of people using either Usenet, torrents, or both?

I've only just discovered Usenet and while it is paid, it is very cheap and much more convenient than torrents.

Using torrents as well with the *arr suite set up for my various Linux ISOs.

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[-] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 months ago

I used to when usenet was free from every single ISP, there was an active community behind every single alt.binaries.* group, and it wasn't "subscribe to this usenet provider that gives you 5 years of posts from every group and you download things by this oversimplified NZB crap" instead of relying on and engaging with the community to post new and interesting things all the time.