• W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          24 days ago

          Buying a Usenet plan is like buying a cell phone plan in the 90’s; there’s limits and download caps and is my Usenet group restricted and all sorts of things to figure out.

          Buying a VPN doesn’t have download caps and restrictions on specific websites. It just works.

          And, yes, buying access to a VPN is not only radically easier but can also be used on my phone / laptop / etc to prevent advertisement snooping. Can I do that with a Usenet subscription?

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            23 days ago

            I forgot about private trackers. Yeah, if you can get into those they can be pretty good. You normally have to worry about your seed ratio for those private sites though. At least the one I was a member of wayyy back in the day.

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      25 days ago

      Typically, people stay on the torrents because they are free, while all usenet costs money. Which is the point. Maybe genz can’t even afford Usenet access.