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Replace Torrenting with Usenet
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this post was submitted on 19 May 2024
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What are the advantages of usenets?
In Germany they provide relief from the constant fear your vpn might leak and you'll receive mail.
Expensive mail.
Higher and better retention of old stuff.
It's great, although a little unfair, and perhaps illegal in some draconian jurisdictions, to use nets while fishing
You’re downloading from servers not other people, so you don’t have to worry about the number of peers
You can see the discussions that inspired the Comic Book Guy.