Moved on..is it just me?

[cinephilia]

As whiteboy said, Newsgroups are a great option, especially if in your case, you're looking to download securely without your ISP sniffing at what you're doing. You can get a great provider for around ~10$ a month, far less than a seedbox, and can directly download to your PC through SSL (without the need for the extra step of getting it off your seedbox). A far cheaper way to retain some level of anonymity.

Show me where I can find the What.cd level of selection and quality of Music on newsgroups, and I will switch.

Until then, I'll stick with a shared server and torrents.

and i guess you will never find karagarga/cinematik selection either on newsgroups.

[KushBlow]

I'm with you good sir, I'm currently only using 2 trackers these days and staying active there; fuck seedboxes and the e-drama, I just want to spend the few free hours I have at home downloading good shit and discussing what I enjoy.

[Polarbear]

Torrents never get boring because free movies and music never get boring. I'm almost 40 and I still listen to music and watch movies. What a suprise.

What does get boring is to talk about it on forums.

[Raban]

moving on ?? that doesnt even make sense to me... you make it sound like you can only have one or the other, not both.

i was in newsgroups long before i ever got into torrents... usenet has is pros and cons, but i dont see it as a replacement for torrents.

usenet is infested with viruses and spyware... it wasnt always like that but in recent years it is. if i want a small utility app you think i'm gonna download it off usenet ? not a chance. i would get it from SCC.

thats the thing with usenet there is no accountability. anyone can be a good guy or a bad guy ... any name/email can be forged. with torrents the uploader is held accountable.

also with usenet you lose the idea of things being "new" uploads. go to the main page of a scene torrent site and you can see everything that is new coming through. go to the main page of BCG and you can see all the new games..

go to the top of the list of alt.binaries.mom or alt.binaries.boneless and god only knows what you would get.. could be things from 2 years ago or from yesterday who knows.

so in conclusion I use both they each have good and bad ... also i highly recommend easynews cause they have the greatest web search interface.

[captive]

i think its easy enough to find new stuff on NG.

[Schrutastic]

Browsing a.b.boneless or a.b.mom to look for new things is retarded.