Bobby Turkalino to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 12 hours agoAverage 1337x userimagemessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1526arrow-down113
arrow-up1513arrow-down1imageAverage 1337x userBobby Turkalino to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square111fedilink
minus-squareRedPandaRaider@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·7 hours agoIt’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.
minus-squareMachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoDownloading large files from Usenet was paid pretty early on. If the core functionality of Usenet is now paid, this is news to me.
minus-squareRedPandaRaider@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoThere 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.
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.
Downloading large files from Usenet was paid pretty early on. If the core functionality of Usenet is now paid, this is news to me.
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.