• W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          6 months ago

          Buying a Usenet plan is like buying a cell phone plan in the 90’s; there’s limits and download caps and is my Usenet group restricted and all sorts of things to figure out.

          Buying a VPN doesn’t have download caps and restrictions on specific websites. It just works.

          And, yes, buying access to a VPN is not only radically easier but can also be used on my phone / laptop / etc to prevent advertisement/ISP snooping. Can I do that with a Usenet subscription?

        • tslojr@lemmy.zip
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          6 months ago

          I’ve been using a private tracker and no vpn for the last 15 years.

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      6 months ago

      Typically, people stay on the torrents because they are free, while all usenet costs money. Which is the point. Maybe genz can’t even afford Usenet access.