Are there ways to use usenet without a payment/subscription?

  • @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    Ohh well that’s sad. I didn’t know that you could buy your way in. ☹️

    Got it. I haven’t used the IPTorrents or TorrentLeech forums at all. I’ll have to check to see if they have anything like that.

    Do you know of any private trackers that specialize in software? I’m not really big on music piracy, and as far as books go, everything I’ve ever wanted is on LibGen, so I don’t know that I’d be meaningfully contributing to either of these trackers even if I did get in.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      TL doesn’t have an invite forum and I don’t think IPT does either unfortunately. This is why most people will start in RED, MAM or sometimes OPS (another music tracker). RED also has comics and some audiobooks. MAM has about every audiobook you’d ever want. I think a lot of people on RED don’t really listen to all the music they download. Many seed and upload in order to meet the criteria for the invite forums. This is still useful because some people really do use it for their music. Most uploaders get their content from Deezer, Qobuz, or Tidal because these offer FLACs (lossless quality audio). However many people rip CDs and even old vinyl albums using expensive equipment. In the forums and chats on RED and MAM you can easily find suggestions for things to listen to and read.

      Basically this is what everyone goes through unless they have a friend who is already in.

      I’m don’t think there is one that specializes in Windows software, but there is a lot on TL and other general trackers like that. For Mac there is iAnon and BrokenStones, but both require invites.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Got it. I was just took a look at the RED interview prep site, and I’m afraid my knowledge of digital audio is far too limited for me to pass it. I’ll take a look to see if I can find something elsewhere.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          Well that’s what the interview prep site is for. Everything you could be asked is on that site. So you can just familiarize yourself with the concepts.