Ins0mnyteq
[H]ard|Gawd
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Was just posting up a good deal I thought. Yes takedowns are an issue but just like getting a good private tracker, getting a good indexer or two and you also have access to old content & requests. Since 2012 when the DMCA takedowns kicked into high gear, a lot of the better sites have been using obfuscation methods to prevent them. I regularly grab older content that that posted in the 8+ year range, for example I just got a few 22 days ago that were posted pretty far back (2011-07-17 07:34:04 (8 yrs ago) and 2011-04-02 21:09:06 (8 yrs ago)) so your claim about the long retention being bunk is incorrect. Content posted this far back is also typically not obfuscated so it's perfectly searchable on open engines like nzbking.com. I don't know what you mean about nzb grabbers costing money, the days of using those ancient programs are long gone and the best ones now are entirely free. Also with torrents you need to make sure you are running a VPN, that is not needed for usenet as it's all ssl encrypted anyway. The better indexers do in fact charge for unlimited access, but if you aren't doing automation, free accounts will absolutely get you by as each will give you at least 5 downloads per day. I do have two indexers I paid for, and they're lifetime until they change their minds (kind of a joke, kind of not, dognzb actually did this.)
You and I both have gigabit upload, yet you choose to use torrents and I choose to use usenet. For me it is a better experience, for you torrents are better, and I think that's up to each person to decide what they're doing and personal preference. The vast majority of my use is via automation, so takedowns are a non issue anyway. You obviously ran into issues of not being able to find what you were looking for, so you turned to torrents which served your needs better.
i dont use a vpn. never have. been seeding since 2000 something. but we are talking private trackers havent used a public torrent site in years.... also to be clear i wasn't bashing this, i just wasn't educated as to the benefits or detriments. . fwiw.