You don't have to seed. Connections are secure and encrypted. Speed is generally much faster, and more reliable. Things will either download in full, or fail pretty quickly, no hoping that 1 seeder comes online. Things are often posted to Usenet before torrents.
There are drawbacks too though.
Use the ssl port
This is probably the best example I've seen of "let them think you're an idiot, rather than open your mouth and remove all doubt".
I mean, I haven't actually looked it up, but presumably "news" is information brought to you by a reputable source, so you have some confidence in its accuracy.
The concerning part for me is there's no way tik tok is regulated, or held to any kind of standard. I'm not sure if sources are regularly cited, or confirmed. It feels like gen z / alpha just taking everything at face value, even blatant propaganda, and assuming it as truth because "nobody would just go on the internet and lie"
I watched a video of a man have his head removed brutally with a garden hoe.
I've listened to a phone call from an ordinary Palestinian to his parents, elated that he's murdered 10 innocent Israelis on October 7th. His parents plead for him to come home but he responds "either we win or we die".
Explain to me how this isn't a death cult? Explain what supporting hamas looks like?
Perhaps I was too subtle in my last comment. I don't agree with Israel's outright response to October 7 as it will inevitably lead to a whole new wave of Islamic fanatics hell bent on establishing a caliphate and wiping everyone they disagree with from the map. However ideologies that cannot get past 14th century thinking have no place in our modern world, and should be eliminated, violently or otherwise.
There was a ceasefire. Hamas broke it. Should Israel just say "haha, you cheeky devils, stop that" and go back to living their lives?
Hamas are determined to capture, torture, murder, mutilate and otherwise destroy the citizens of Israel. Celebrating jihad and martyrdom is completely at odds with Western values. How are women, the lgbt community, and non-Muslims supposed to exist and lead enjoyable, meaningful, and fulfilling lives if hamas and it's allies control the region?
Nobody in the West condones needless killing, it's literally one of the things that sets us apart from our enemies. Broadly, we indiscriminately value human life. Israel drop pamphlets, send text messages, call mobiles and landlines, and use "roof knocking" explosives to warn civilians of impending strikes. Know who tells them to stay? Hamas. Because death is not a bad thing for them, it is to be celebrated. There is no better thing than to be a martyr and be welcomed to paradise.
If Israel intended to commit genocide, they wouldn't be sending their troops in, they'd just level Gaza. They want their hostages back, and jihadists eliminated.
There's no simple answer to all of this, because religion is one helluva drug, but one religion is a hell of a lot more compatible with our western values.
Clearly you don't understand Usenet, it's open, you can start your own provider and indexer if you like. Nothing stopping you.
I'd rather not, so I pay to support those who do a good job of it.
Even so you still have to seed, meet lame ratio rules, hope that old torrents are still seeded etc.
Torrents certainly still have their place, but Usenet is just generally superior in all aspects, and for a few dollars a month the service it provides is unparalleled.
Faster, encrypted, no need to seed. Yep, sure is terrible.
Proxmox 8!
I truly have neglected my homelab. Think I'm running 5... 😬
Dm me.
100%, as well as DMCA take down requests, and needing to often pay for indexer and provider.
That being said I still think it's far superior to torrents, though I do maintain a good ratio on a large private tracker for those odds and ends I can't get on Usenet.