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).
I was under the impression that “the scene” mostly released to Usenet and torrents were reuploads. But also that you needed to be on some private indexers or something to find the original uploads bc they’re not uploaded with obvious titles bc of the issue of DMCA takedowns (that are honored by Usenet hosts)
Never liked paying for Usenet, so I didn’t use it very long.
The scene uploads to their own ftp servers. Someone who has access to those servers then uploads to usenet or torrent sites.