Is it worth paying a newsgroup subscription for, or is the torrent network adequate? I haven't sailed the seas in years, but I've been thinking about hoisting my jib since Netflix stopped account sharing, Paramount pulled all the Trek shows, and things are generally getting more fragmented and expensive.

[–] Rambler@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I have a newsgroup subscription, but a lot of the posts are obfuscated (confused titles that don't make sense) so you can't read the post headers like you can in (say) lemmy or reddit (spit! ) . So I also subscribe to a nzb provider (makes sense of the obfuscated) .

In terms of money it's not too much - like £20/year.

The nzb provider searches the usenet then your newsgroup host downloads what you want.

I'm probably not very clear, and this has been a learning curve for me, but if I can help I will, just ask. It's good fun - especially when it works!

Edit: too many 'buts'

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Don't services like Easy News and Giga News provide one simple solution in the form of server access, searchable content, and a news client that organizes and downloads everything? That's how I used it in the past, but those services are $10-$20 per month. Do you mind sharing what you use?

[–] Rambler@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I'm using nzbgeek to find stuff. Then put the links it returns into eweka - a usenet provider. I'm new to this, so I'm just dipping my toe in to make sure it works. Currently it does but I'm sure there are better deals if you look around.

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