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Is Usenet an option for /Piracy? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Usenet is unmoderated. Once you post it, it sticks forever. We could probably get one of the independent providers to give free access to a new newsgroup. Anyone have any thoughts?

I’ve used Usenet for my content needs for years because it’s so fast and risk free. I think we could also use it for our community discussions.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

subscriptions

Yes. You need to pay a small amount but unless you plan on downloading many TBs of stuff the cost is really small. The speeds and lack of risk makes it worthwhile for me. I think I paid $5 for a 1 TB account and I can use the free level of access at my indexers without having to pay.

Like I said in my original post, I wonder if we can get a provider to host a newsgroup for us for free?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Where did you get this deal if you don't mind me asking?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I messaged the owner of the Newsgroup direct website on Reddit and asked if he would honor an old price and he did. He was very active on the Usenet subreddit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've had a lifetime sub for NZBGeek (indexer) since 2015 (one-off payment of something like 20-30 USD) and currently pay 6 USD/month for unlimited downloads with NewsGroupDirect. The NGD sub was 4 USD/month until recently and I got it at that price through a promotion that I found out about on Reddit (probably r/usenet) a few years ago.

There's some free trials listed here, but sadly all the best info is probably still on r/usenet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I personally use frugalusenet for $4/pm, which is unlimited, but if I could find $5/1TB I would switch to that.

Indexer I pay $1/pm for a big one and I have a free one that has less.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could you point me towards the free one? I just want a taste of usenet before I commit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also, usenet.farm (backend) has a 10GB trial.