Ikarasu
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| Re: [Rant] Torrents? ..Who needs them.. said by Guspaz  :Usenet costs money, torrents are free. Usenet has poor selection, torrents have far more available content, including much that is not and will never be on usenet. I also dont agree with this >_ While Torrents sometimes last longer... with newsgroup retention now at 200 days... and reposts frequently, pretty much everything on Torrent ends up on usenet.
Most the scene releases of TV shows and movies also appear on usenet before Torrent...albeit a whole few mins fast in most cases, but still.
That being said... why bother with them? Well, why not? If everyone gave up on torrents, and just went to Usenet... what do you think the ISPS next throttle would be?
Also... get into a private tracker, and you wont experience fake files. Even the very-non-exclusive ones like Torrentleech have good moderation, and a great selection.
I run both Usenet and torrents... I can say theyre pretty much both equal, sometimes Usenet has stuff torrent doesn't, sometimes Torrent has stuff usenet doesn't... People just pick their poison and stick with it.
One advantage I'd have to say with Usenet though... You can watch your TV shows/movies as you download them, so it's like streaming... almost watch anything instantly, it's good when you get the sudden urge to want to watch something, and not want to wait 40-60 mins for a movie to d/l. |
