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[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People should learn how to seed. If you don't want to seed, just pay for Usenet.

[–] RedPandaRaider@feddit.org 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a shame Usenet has become fully paid. It's what ultimately pushed me into torrents. And the fact that small communities don't have all the content out there for you to download via Usenet.

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Downloading large files from Usenet was paid pretty early on. If the core functionality of Usenet is now paid, this is news to me.

[–] RedPandaRaider@feddit.org 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

There weren open test servers though and sites with limited trials but no data limit.

That's what I used back in the day. Sadly all these trial offers are gone now and demand credit card information upfront.

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 19 hours ago

Magical times before my own on Usenet.