Usenet is generally better for 0-day and recent releases, but it doesn't hold a candle to P2P when it comes to older stuff. What's the max retention you get with the most premium plan with reputable providers these days? I think it was 13 years last time I checked. But aside from that, it's almost always faster than P2P (unless you have a bad connection to the server from your location) and certainly more convenient in certain categories like movies and TV shows. I still use P2P for games, software, and music though.

Edit: Forgot we were talking primarily about security. Of course Usenet is better in that regard as well. The other replies explain why that's the case.

[–] splendoruranium@infosec.pub 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hm, so usenet might be a bad idea if I were looking for old RPG rulebooks and adventure collections for Das Schwarze Auge, for example? That's too bad, I had considered signing up just for that, as the selection on Anna's archive is most incomplete.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

[–] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

I am with you here when it comes to older stuff

I have the fortune to be of the "Lan-party" generation and still have a big group of people i know keep ageold games, movies, etc. So if i need something i can usually get it from them... then it's a matter of VPN into their network and use ftp.

But usually i don't really look for old stuff. But thats a "me" thing. I know this will not work for everyone... also, yeah despite the retention being "only" 13 years, i do find stuff that got reupload quite usually.

I am searching for very old audiobooks and i still find most of them on usenet despite some of them being well over 20 years old now.

Speed is unfathomably fast though. I have a 1gbit/s connection at home and i can download with ~900 mbit/s through the VPN