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Can someone explain the benefits of Usenet to a long-time torrent-er? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by nopersonalspace@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6240929

I'm a pretty heavy torrent user, running a media server complete with sonarr/radarr for automatic downloads. I download a lot, and have multiple TBs of upload on various private trackers. I've been torrenting forever, but I've always wondered about usenet. Over and over on this, and other, forums I see people saying that usenet is way better - but why?

I understand what it is overall, but what makes it better than traditional torrenting? In my mind, it's always just seemed like a different means to the same end. I pay for a VPN and torrent for "free", or I pay for usenet access and download directly from there. As someone who's "snobby" around the quality of the stuff I torrent, does usenet provide an advantage there?

Usenet fans, I'd love to hear what makes you love it! I'm always open to trying new things, and if It really is better I'd love to know why! (Plus, maybe what providers/tools etc you recommend).

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[–] Rambler@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

and my PC at home would have it downloaded automatically before I even got home.

Hi, could you please explain how you got this to happen? Thanks.

[–] Mudface@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/adding-imdb-watchlist-to-radarr/92

You need to put a little work in setting up a few different programs to all work together, the first time might take you awhile depending on how familiar you are with it (my first time it took me a few days to get everything set up how I like it).

But it’s worth it for the convenience you’ll enjoy

[–] Rambler@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the link - I'll definitely look into it.