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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yearly rates for a provider and 2 indexers still doesn't come close to the cost of all the streaming subscriptions you'd need to have the same library access. Coupled with the ability to use RSS feeds and other homelab services to essentially automate your collection, it's just absolutely worth every penny.

But I wouldn't know firsthand, because I'm a law abiding citizen, and this is all hypothetical. I just read about it on the internet somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Usenet via SSL, with a provider that doesn't log, over torrents any day. The anonymity level, speed, and retention is all worth it.

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

But they still are more expensive than torrents

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

So use torrents and get ridiculed by your date.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

With usenet you're not a distributor.

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

You say that as if it was a plus...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I mean you can be if you want