Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 28 days agoAverage 1337x userlemmy.yachtsimagemessage-square164linkfedilinkarrow-up1289arrow-down18
arrow-up1281arrow-down1imageAverage 1337x userlemmy.yachtsBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square164linkfedilink
minus-squareRedPandaRaider@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·28 days 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-up0·28 days 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-up2·28 days 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.