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Depends mostly on what content you want to load. Public trackers are fine for popular stuff like Netflix shows or Hollywood movies in English, but you run into trouble as soon as you want more nieche things like audiobooks or movies in your native language. For that you need specialized private trackers or usenet indexers, idk which is better though. One requires invites and seeding, the other usually cost a few bugs extra, so it kinda depends what you prefer.

DDL without a debrid service is pretty bad imo, you’ll constantly find things on hosters you don’t have a premium accounts with. Even with a debrid service it’s hit or miss, especially since links on some hosters get DMCAed very quickly. It’s ok for one-off downloads every now and then, but the fact that there isn’t even an option to automate the process is pretty telling.

Using private trackers for many years and never had a reason to try usenet, but only hear good storries about it. Public trackers are actually backup in my arr apps, but they are almost never used.

If I download something:
I don’t care about quality:
Public > Private > Usenet > DDL

If I care about quality:
Private/Usenet> Public (I will download public if the group is the same) > DDL

I can’t find it:
Anything that has some part of it. Usually DDL or some streaming site.

Private trackers. Better quality assurance than public trackers, free unlike usenet.

Public trackers for filesize over quality and modern codecs like av1 or x265. Private trackers for harder to find stuff or good quality over filesize.

Private trackers.

I prefer DDL as first priority as I get majority of my content from there. I used to torrent from public trackers when I started torrenting many years ago. A year ago I was able to get into some private trackers. I use them to upgrade my movie collection i.e replacing my old files with better quality.

DDL

I have private trackers and Usenet and my quality profiles in the *arrs mostly always pick from torrents. I will cancel my Usenet subscription. I also kinda like the grind of private trackers just for the heck of it.

Public or bust.

Only elitist retards think otherwise.