How many of you use Usenet VS torrents

Mister_GothFvck , 3 months ago

Just torrents and I seed as much as possible. I knew about Usenet many years ago but, for whatever reasons, never really got into it. One day…

moon , 3 months ago

This comment section may as well be a retirement home

Nyarlathotep , 3 months ago

I’m a resident of the retirement home, but this is still funny.

jeeperv6 , 3 months ago

Usenet for 30 years now. Torrent for 15 or so. Usenet primary source.

Nyarlathotep , 3 months ago

100% Usenet here. Maybe I am basic, but it has everything I want and grabbing stuff is very easy.

Once in a great while I cannot find something and then I ask a friend to check his private trackers.

YMMV

Shimitar , 3 months ago

Usenet is fast and very convenient, but very little content in my language, so… Not sure will renew subscriptions when they expire.

ulkesh , 3 months ago

Both. I tend to let the -arr apps decide.

Penguincoder , 3 months ago

Usenet here. 4 paid indexers and the Usenet sub. Still cost less in a year than cable or streaming services cost in a month. Get everything I want and look for easily.

Cwilliams , 3 months ago

Soulseek, anyone? I only ever do books and music, and Soulseek has everything I need

Petter1 , 3 months ago

I use about 8 paid indexer and have found any release listed on predb that I searched (most media is downloaded instantly after adding to jellyseer.

joel , 3 months ago

I started using Usenet about a year ago and much prefer it. Once you have you it set up it’s very straight forward to use, and means you don’t have to worry about maintaining your ratio, or making sure your vpn doesn’t drop out, or piratebay going down etc etc

Appoxo , 3 months ago

Both.
But becauee my indexers are free my mix is:
75% Torrent
20% Usenet (but only wirh interactive searches)
5% Somewhere else like web streaming/downloads.

BillionsMustSeed , 3 months ago

I don’t even know what Usenet is, so I’m 100% torrents, which I keep seeding ad infinitum as I don’t have storage issues. My most-seeded thing is nearing 150 ratio lol

smiletolerantly , 3 months ago

I pay for one Usenet provider/indexer. I also still use tons of torrent sources.

90% of the time, stuff that I’m monitoring gets downloaded via Usenet for currently airing or rather new shows.

50% of the time when actively looking for stuff from the past 5-10 years I use Usenet, the other half is torrents

90% of stuff older than that, I only find torrents

100% of non-English stiff I get from torrents (I’m subscribed to an English Usenet indexer though, so that tracks).

In short: Why not use both?

HATEFISH , 3 months ago

Do things on usenet get purged? Would you expect the stuff showing up today to still be accessible in 5-7 years?

smiletolerantly , 3 months ago

Yes, they do!! With torrents, it just takes a single seeder to keep the torrent alive, but Usenet isn’t peer to peer - you’re downloading stuff from a centralized server(s), and they simply cannot keep everything alive forever.

IMO it’s fine though. Usenet provides you with very timely access to all the “newest” stuff, in excellent, very consistent quality.

And for older stuff, there’s torrents.

Appoxo , 3 months ago

Usenet provides you with very timely access to all the “newest” stuff, in excellent, very consistent quality.

So do some encoders and web-rippers.
And usually Usenet does lend quite a bit of releases you usually see on private indexers or some publics.

smiletolerantly , 3 months ago

And usually Usenet does lend quite a bit of releases you usually see on private indexers or some publics.

Right, that’s also true.

Zos_Kia , 3 months ago

Even without seeders, you can sometimes be lucky and resurrect old torrents that have been kept in cache by providers such as real debrid

HeavyRaptor , 3 months ago

I recently switched over my ARR stack to only use usenet. Working well now but you really need a good indexer. The public ones are just not quite good enough.

AceFuzzLord , 3 months ago

I have no idea what to do or how to even get started with Usenet, so I just use a VPN and torrent as needed.

bzxt , 3 months ago

I am also in that basket. To me Usenet seems like another, older protocol that achieves practically the same thing. If someone is more knowledgeble, feel free to correct me or explain further.