TheMachineStops

It is nothing to be embarrassed about, usenet is very old which is why most people don't knwo about it. Usenet has been around since 1980. You can refer to the below link for more info.

https://reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/faq

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet

NZBGeek an indexer offer a trial and Usenet farm offer a 10 GB trial if you want to test it. If you want usenet to get it you look for deals. You got two ways for usenet either ultimate or block (basically prepaid you pay for data and they don't expire you get them forever)

Block 6 TB for €15 (2800+ retention ) : https://bulknews.eu/en/%C2%A0 and use the code bf241.

NZBGeek an indexer costs $12 a year they also offer deals throughout unfortunately black Friday is over so no deals now.

If you got this you get a total of $27.62 for the year which is $2.3 per month.

Of course if you are comfortable with torrent just stay on torrent and maybe use IRC for anything you can't find a torrent for.

I though the same too, but realized that it is easier than looking for torrents with seeders. I used to pay more for netflix than what I currently pay for Usenet. Torrenting these days isn't the same as years ago, many public torrent sites closed. I selfhost a server that basically does everything for me I only need to pick the show to download. You can try usenet for free, usenet.farm offer a 10 GB block to trial Usenet, also the indexer NZBGeek offer a trial if I am not wrong.

When I first heard of IPFS, I also thought it was anoymous, but I researched and it just like bittorrent everyone can see your IP. You have to use VPN.

https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-to-make-ipfs-node-ip-address-anonymous/12359/3

If you want an anonymous P2P try freenet or I2P. There is also a new anonymous network currently being developed called Vailid which seems promising.

What are talking about, IPFS isn't anonymity network, it is similar to torrenting everyone can see your ip.

Just looked up Veilid seems to similar to I2P, but it is still in development and can't be used for now. Also I agree that IPFS is horrible and not just the setup, the developer themselves are against piracy. What is the point of a decentralised network that picks and chooses what it hosts? BitTorrent, Tor, Freenet, and I2P never did this as far as I know.

DCMA Denylist https://github.com/ipfs-inactive/faq/issues/36#issuecomment-140567411

Yeah the AI thing is stupid, everyone suddenly wants to incorporate AI. Check out the telegram bot though, you can request research papers or books through the bots and someone uploads it in a couple of hours.

Thanks, trying to bring more people here from Reddit. The more active the community the more people that will join. We also need a wiki.

This one is good for you then two 1 TB blocks on different backbones for $15: https://portal.usenetprime.com/cart.php?a=add&bid=37.

Or this one 3 TB for $15 (4000+ retention): https://billing.blocknews.net/signup/blockfriday

Or this one 6 TB for €15 (2800+ retention ): https://bulknews.eu/en/%C2%A0and use the code bf241. Bulknews is on Abavia backbone.

Or this one 4 TB for $25 (4633+ retention): https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=ce57&planid=233&yes_tracking=1

Or this one 500 GB for 10.50 till January 3 (3000+ retention): https://usenet.farm/

The retention is not accurate, it is probably more than this.

You would also need an indexer, each indexer offers different things, there are indexer that offer a trial you test them.

Depends on what you download. You got two important factors retention which is how long the articles are stored and data usage which is ultimate or blocks. If you don't download a lot get a block it is cheaper and doesn't expire.

Tried it, way better than I2PSnark, I wonder why it isn't mentioned on the official page. I2PSnark should be abandoned in my opinion, it is simply awful.

I try to post deals when I see them, but I don't have time to post daily.