There is very little content available on BitTorrent in my native language (Dutch), not even on private trackers afaik
There are many torrents which take days to download, or even worse get stuck (hate it when that happens, especially if it's at 99%)

This got me interested in Usenet.

As for point 1, I found an NZB indexer which seems to have a lot more Dutch content. I still have some questions, however.

I understand that apart from having access to indexers I'll also need a Usenet provider. How big are the differences between providers? I can find plans between €2 and €20 per month; does it matter that much which I take, apart from retention rate and download speed? Do all providers host all newsgroups?
As for point 2, I understand that if content is on a provider's servers, then you will be able to download it with whatever speed your provider gives you. How much content will I actually be able to find? Why isn't content constantly taken down?
Is using a VPN recommended with Usenet?

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[–] paequ2 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Watching this post. I still don't fully understand how Usenet works.

[–] splendoruranium@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day ago

Watching this post. I still don’t fully understand how Usenet works.

It's ok not to understand something, that's always the default. And I'll try to support that sentiment by admitting: me neither! 😅

[–] MontyGommo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah, same boat here haha

[–] lIlIllIlIIIllIlIlII@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

In some ways is similar to lemmy: it has groups (similar to Lemmy communities), decentralized usenet servers (each server chooses what groups want to host and serve to clients, and how much time to save attachments). Each post can have attachments like in emails.

There are other services acting as indexers. they are something like Google, you can search for files and you download them from the Usenet server.

Sorry for my poor explain, English is not my first language.