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So, i want to give a try to usenet world.

I have the *Arr setup with torrents now, and works great, but why not experiment a bit further?

So many questions...

First of all: will i find italian contents? Or its all US/English stuff?

I got an account on NZBFind, bit thats only an indexer right? I need also to find an access provider to usenet? If so, which access provider do you recomend? I want somewhere i can test for a few weeks or a month or so before committing, so no credit card upfront.

Update: trough techradar got an offer on newshosting for 5.99/mo with 3 monts free. Paid with PayPal then cancelled the recurrent immediately (so paid 0 so far). But at the moment not yet sure i made it working in my *Arr setup properly.

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[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I'm tempted as well, but I don't like to leave a payment trail from me to them. And if you say "bitcoin", it's not anonymous. Monero is a damn pain in the ass to get for what I've seen. Can I just send them cash in an envelope?

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

Grab a disposable/reloadable credit card.

Or use privacy.com

[–] thisusernameistaken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

blocknews, frugal usenet and usenetnow take cash in the mail, an option at checkout. maybe others will but they dont make it obvious so you would have to contact them directly. but honestly i wouldnt worry aboutr using your card. paying for usenet access is just as legal as paying for isp access.

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

meh, they are all US based, I'll try to find one EU based that allows cash payments. And I do worry. Remember, only the paranoids survive! :D But thanks for the info, I think I've found something suitable.

[–] thisusernameistaken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

US versus EU servers as far as server content goes will be the same thing.

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

it's not a matter of content, it's that consumers' privacy protection is not really a thing in US

[–] thisusernameistaken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

true, but if you are paying in cash with presumably a burner email of some sort, what is there to worry about getting out? also, historically, europe (and organizations located there) has been the bigger pricks when it comes to usenet servers and in some cases, users.

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I did not know that (about the history), I will check that out, thanks!

[–] 520@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bitcoin is anonymous insofar as you make sure the wallet itself can't be traced back to you. In other words it's all about how you operate it

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I appreciate that, but it would be another part of my infra that I have to manage. I have enough stuff to worry about already, if I can just send some money in an envelope would save me a lot of time!