The arr setup is confusing at first, but once you get one the rest are lock-step. I suggest checking out prowlarr which will simplify your indexer setup on the arrs. I’m sure there’s a YouTube around that you can follow along too. Don’t give up!
It may have been at one time but you now need to pay for a VPN or “Usenet provider” to connect to them. I pay yearly $70 for my Usenet provider and another $70 for my private VPN for torrents. There was a one time cost to my board of $100, but it’s a lifetime pass I got on 50% sale during the holidays. Both would equate to roughly one year of a single subscription service if you wanted to dock your boat on a single island.
Agree. I’ll need to check out Block News and see if they have any lifetime sales around the holidays. I bought a lifetime for my current board a few years ago for half price. Well worth it!
Technically still is the same usenet, now with more content!
About 3 years ago I got tired of stuck torrent queues and spent a few hours learning what Usenet is and it’s various components. A little learning curve compared to torrents, but very comparable in the end. The only major difference is having to pay for a Usenet provider VPN and potentially subscribing to Usenet boards for membership.
I bought a yearly sub to a provider and lifetime sub to a very well know board. I justify the cost as money that would be wasted on a subscription service, except half the yearly cost. Usenet is now the primary download in my arr stack with torrent as a backup.
In my experience Usenet performs much faster than torrent, and there’s no seeding requirement at all. Just grab and go. And it seems to have about 90% of what I’m looking for, from anime to old shows\movies (1950s to 20XX).
Doh, that’s what I meant. I have an indexer lifetime, not provider.