How many of you use Usenet VS torrents (sopuli.xyz)

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Just wondering what a rough split is of people using either Usenet, torrents, or both?

I've only just discovered Usenet and while it is paid, it is very cheap and much more convenient than torrents.

Using torrents as well with the *arr suite set up for my various Linux ISOs.

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[-] davidfreina@lemmy.davidfreina.at 10 points 2 years ago

Afaik most usenet providers have a retention period of 3000+ days (some even reaching 4000+). I've downloaded multiple things from the 90s without any problems. The oldest media in my collection is from 1957, so retention really isn't a problem I would say.

[-] jaykay@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago

I managed to get Thomas and Friends from 1987

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Retention doesnt matter for anything released beyond the retention as it was reuploaded anyway.

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