Zedstrian

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Seems like the recommended https://sunxdcc.com/ has some 2160p releases, though not anything that usenet or private trackers wouldn't already have better versions of (from what I can tell).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

In retrospect I regret drinking the Nintendo koolaid for so long, but turning what used to be the fairly equitable Virtual Console system into a ROM rental service made me jump ship to the Steam Deck and it's been smooth sailing since.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The problem with private trackers that don't have open registration periods from time to time is that unless you have enough upload bandwidth it's nearly impossible to build ratio on torrent trackers unless you pay for a seedbox subscription. While TorrentLeech is great, it's still missing a lot, with only 25Mbps download bandwidth and 5Mbps upload bandwidth I can't reach the requirements one would need to apply to higher-tier trackers.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Make sure to preorder to get an exclusive™ cosmetic item that'll be resold as $5 DLC soon after.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

The number of active Denuvo crackers would say otherwise...

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Or when they popularized the concept of "base" and "complete" editions as a means of turning a $60 game into a $90 game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hard to find scene releases are sometimes only available via usenet.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

All of them have non-expiry free tiers (5 downloads a day each except Miatrix, which is two a day) except NZBGeek, which has a 3 day, 15 download trial. Of the recommended indexers with free tiers, DrunkenSlug and Tabula Rasa (as well as DogNZB and NinjaCentral) require invites to join. Each one has a premium tier that gives you more downloads for paying per month or per year, of which NZBGeek is among the cheaper options. Using usenet as a complement to what can be more easily found on public and private torrent trackers, I've found the free usenet indexer tiers to usually be enough. Another benefit of having accounts on multiple indexers is that as some releases may be indexed by one and not another, it can be helpful to search for releases on alternate indexers if your preferred one doesn't return any results.

Note that you'll also need also need to buy a usenet provider subscription or block plan to be able to download the indexed releases, as well as download a usenet binary newsreader such as SABnzbd or NZBGet. As having providers on at least two nodes mitigates the risk that a release is missing from either, I've found having a Frugal Usenet subscription plus a Newsdemon block plan to be a relatively low cost combination. Something to note when picking a usenet provider is retention, i.e. how many days worth of releases they have available. To download releases that are more than a few years old, you'll need a provider with that many days worth of retention.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

While the paid tier for NZBGeek is a good deal, I also use DrunkenSlug, Miatrix, and NZB Finder since they sometimes have releases that are missing on NZBGeek. Tabula Rasa isn't bad either, although didn't seem to have anything missing from the other ones I use when I tried it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Link doesn't seem to work?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

iTunes is a double edged sword in that regard, given that while it initially innovated as a digital music distribution storefront, as more and more features were added to it, it started juggling too many tasks at once instead of continuing to innovate with just one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Given how many audiobooks Audiobookbay seems to be missing it would certainly be helpful to have a complementary source given that even private torrent trackers and usenet aren't much better for that than public torrent trackers it seems...

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