Just wondering what a rough split is of people using either Usenet, torrents, or both?

I’ve only just discovered Usenet and while it is paid, it is very cheap and much more convenient than torrents.

Using torrents as well with the *arr suite set up for my various Linux ISOs.

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    5 months ago

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

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      5 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.

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        5 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

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        5 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.

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          5 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.