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[-] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 0 points 1 year ago
[-] JasDawg@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

I just started using Usenet in March. I use FrugalUsenet as my Provider and NZBGeek as my Indexer. Anything better I should consider?

[-] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 0 points 1 year ago

My only recommendations- look for usenet providers hosted in the netherlands. They have been the most reliable.

Also, if you use multiple providers (improves reliability), make sure to get providers from different parents.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Usenet_Providers_and_Backbones.svg (I don't know how old that image is)

Lots of the providers are just re-sellers, and will be hit with the same DMCAs equally. By- choosing providers from different "roots", you can mitigate this issue.

[-] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@iorale@lemmy.fmhy.ml why the disagreement?

Would love to hear your feedback.

[-] TornadoValley@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Why’d you tag them? You were able to see who downvoted you?

[-] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You were able to see who downvoted you?

Yup. It's all public information, easily accessible.

Nothing on lemmy is really private.

Comes in handy. Especially to determine that ONE USER who downvotes literally every comment i make on some servers...

And- yes- it was @nohbdyuno@sh.itjust.works who as usual, also downvoted this comment.

He/She/They is my dedicated follower I suppose.

[-] snow_storm55@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

It's probably too complicated for a lot of people who got used to using torrents or they just don't know what they are missing out.

[-] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 0 points 1 year ago

Eh, one they get radarr/sonarr/lidarr setup- it does EVERYTHING for you.

The only downside, you do need a usenet account, which costs a few bucks. But- once you go usenet, you will never go back.

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

"once you go usenet, you will never go back." true.

Been a torrent kiddie since the old days and thought this was the end all be all of online availability of stuff i want.

Friend of me got an unlimited account on fastusenet and let me hook into it. 20€/y for a very nice german & international newsgroup forum with unlimited API access that was made with sonarr / radarr in mind.

I can and don't want to ever go back...it's blazing fast, whenever i find something, i can be certain that it's there and ready for download; Unlike torrents... just bcs u got a magnet doesn't mean there are enough seeders. And then it takes sooooooo long. On usenet i get my 350mbit/s and it can even be unpacked while being downloaded.

That way i can request a movie and watch it in ~20min even if it's a BR-REMUX that is like 80~90GB

I happily pay for that!

[-] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The only time I ever even consider using torrents, is for an obscure piece of content which I cannot find on usenet.

And even then, I do it all manually. There is too much "bad" content hosted there.

Edit- Please ignore my random downvote. nohbdyuno really... loves downvoting my comments for some odd reason.

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