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    • snow_storm55@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      It’s probably too complicated for a lot of people who got used to using torrents or they just don’t know what they are missing out.

      • HTTP_404_NotFound@lemmyonline.com
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        1 year ago

        Eh, one they get radarr/sonarr/lidarr setup- it does EVERYTHING for you.

        The only downside, you do need a usenet account, which costs a few bucks. But- once you go usenet, you will never go back.

        • RandomLegend [He/Him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
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          “once you go usenet, you will never go back.” true.

          Been a torrent kiddie since the old days and thought this was the end all be all of online availability of stuff i want.

          Friend of me got an unlimited account on fastusenet and let me hook into it. 20€/y for a very nice german & international newsgroup forum with unlimited API access that was made with sonarr / radarr in mind.

          I can and don’t want to ever go back…it’s blazing fast, whenever i find something, i can be certain that it’s there and ready for download; Unlike torrents… just bcs u got a magnet doesn’t mean there are enough seeders. And then it takes sooooooo long. On usenet i get my 350mbit/s and it can even be unpacked while being downloaded.

          That way i can request a movie and watch it in ~20min even if it’s a BR-REMUX that is like 80~90GB

          I happily pay for that!

        • Difficult_Bit_1339@sh.itjust.works
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          Usenet is very nice for home use. I used it for years. SSL encrypted, no need to use Bittorrent over VPN. Always max download speed. The parity part was annoying on a HDD but now that I have a Gen5 NVME it is incredibly fast.

          I’m back using the same setup on a Seedbox and private trackers. I share access to my media library and I have Ombi setup so my family can add their own things to Sonarr/Radarr. Since it’s on a 50Gb connection it can handle bittorrent with no issue so I don’t bother paying for Usenet.

    • JasDawg@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      I just started using Usenet in March. I use FrugalUsenet as my Provider and NZBGeek as my Indexer. Anything better I should consider?