Usenet is awesome, but the fact that you have to pay for Usenet access defeats the main purpose of pirating for a lot of people.
Don’t get me wrong, it is super cheap(60$-100$/year?) and worth it to pay for Usenet from what I understand, but as a poor kid that discovered torrenting out of necessity, paying for Usenet back then would’ve been out of the question. I imagine most Gen Z kids feel the same about it at this point in their lives.
The usenet has many treasures
Especially if you buy access via 2 providers on different backbones. Haven’t had a single failed/incomplete download since.
Usenet is awesome, but the fact that you have to pay for Usenet access defeats the main purpose of pirating for a lot of people.
Don’t get me wrong, it is super cheap(60$-100$/year?) and worth it to pay for Usenet from what I understand, but as a poor kid that discovered torrenting out of necessity, paying for Usenet back then would’ve been out of the question. I imagine most Gen Z kids feel the same about it at this point in their lives.
I scored a year of unlimited Usenet for 32 bucks