• xodiak@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I’m probably about average when it comes to tech stuff. I always feel dumb when I start looking into getting started with usenet, then get intimidated and quit researching. My torrent + vpn has failed me a couple of times in the past three years. So I really just need to make the leap. Just finding this community and reading through some of the posts has given me an initiative boost.

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    2 years ago

    Frugal Usenet, I did the one that gets you the block storage then ended up adding more block storage after that ran up

  • sup@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    Is it just me or is usenet a bit expensive? One would need to pay for both an indexer and a provider. Regular public trackers have majority of the content for, well, free. Is obscure stuff on Usenet easier to find?

    • thisusernameistaken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 years ago

      i wouldnt waste my time with torrents now. it is one of those things hard to explain but once you make the jump for yourself you will just know and wish you did it long ago. if you are all in for under a $100 per year, i dont consider that expensive at all.

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    2 years ago

    I’ve been looking at eweka since mullvad removed port forwarding but i now have 1000/400 internet and like seeding so vpn recommendations are welcome (and indexers)

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    2 years ago

    Use night - it’s by far the cheapest I’ve found (20 euro for a year). Gives you fast speeds at night and throttles during the day. Not an issue for me.

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    2 years ago

    When I first tried Usenet, I wanted something cheap so I could see if it was right for me. I haven’t bothered to change since, so I use Frugal Usenet and Geek to index. Both work quite well for everything I’ve tried except ebooks.

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      2 years ago

      lol imagine being so poor you can’t afford 10 dollars a month