I’m in my first month of Usenet. I own several popular BluRay Movies but thought I’d save time ripping them manually and instead see what I could get off Usenet (NZBGeek + Eweka) now that my niece is visiting and needs entertainment.

I noticed a number of popular titles are consistently difficult to obtain (“aborted, cannot be completed”), even when live within only a few days, or even hours.

I assume this is a very vigilant DMCA takedown bot. How commonplace is this? And why does it only apply to some titles and not others?

Is it worth continuing with Usenet? I thought paying for content would ensure a certain “quality” of experience. So far, I’m a bit disappointed.

  • TFO Winder@lemmy.mlEnglish
    101·
    8 months ago

    Isn’t usenet paid?

    I tried once exploring it but found out have to pay my ISP or something, so went back to torrenting.

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5·
      8 months ago

      Man I remember 20 years ago, Usenet came included as part of my Internet service. Grabbing stuff was so much simpler back then.