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Anyone still using usenet? (lemmy.today)

submitted 2 months ago by Pat_Riot@lemmy.today to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Title says it. Is anyone still on the newsgroups? For reasons I need to amass a large collection of music in MP3 format, preferably full albums, and I'd like to do it somewhat quickly. Is there a better place to hunt before I buy news server access? I been on land for too many years.

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[-] dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 2 months ago

I use it exclusively. I think it's better than worrying about torrents. It almost feels obfuscated with the indexer.

[-] fizzle@quokk.au 6 points 2 months ago

I haven't used usenet for 15 years or so. After nzbindex chucked it in.

What's the situation with incompletes / DMCA'd releases?

Is one usenet subscription enough or do you have 2 monthly subscriptions? do you need a block account ?

[-] silentjohn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I previously has a subscription last year (just one provider) and had sooo many incompletes. It was barely usable.

I recently set it all up properly and I haven't had a single issue, even finding old movies with no issue. I have a provider, an indexer, and a cheap block account on a different backbone to fill the gaps. It works like absolute butter.

Sonarr, radarr, prowlarr, SAB and all that ... do it right and it's amazing.

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