I'm a bit surprised to see so many torrent posts. Are most people still using Torrents? Are most piracy users aware of programs like sonarr or radarr?

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[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Torrents. I don't really find Usenet worth the money. I can get most of the stuff I want on public sites. Some others I can get on private trackers. Never really felt the need to use Usenet. And as others have pointed out, the arr apps work great with torrents.

And honestly, I find it a little scummy to pay for content to people who don't own them. I don't think piracy in itself is unethical, but I if you take money for stolen content, that's not cool in my book.

[–] shreyan@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

Still using torrents. They just work!

[+] Starglasses@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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[–] GeekFTW@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not OP but: they are apps to schedule automatic downloads. Like Star Trek Strange New Worlds but don't wanna go every week and download it manually? Set it up in Sonarr and when you wake up the new episodes are waiting for you. Radarr is the same for film, prowlarr for aggregating torrent trackers all in 1 spot, bazarr for subtitles, and there's a few others. Can also be set up with usenet in addition to torrents.

[–] fsniper@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

is prowlarr better than jackett? Is it wise to invest some time to migrate?

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah I switched after Jackett kept having issues with RARBG before they shut down. The biggest change is the fact that adding a tracker to Prowlarr will automatically add it to radarr, sonarr, and the like rather than having to duplicate everything manually yourself.

[–] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Sonarr and radarr manage downloads for TV and movies in a nice way for Usenet and actually torrents as well. You can set up quality profiles and choose which shows and movies you want to download and they will grab torrents/nzbs that meet your preferences, automatically start them in your torrent app or Usenet downloader, and then organize them in folders with appropriate metadata for Kodi/Plex when the downloads complete. They automate the process very nicely.

Edit, I'm a Usenet guy if that wasn't already clear lol

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

How is Usenet for privacy compared to torrents, e.g. if a usenet service you are paying for is compromised at some stage are they likely to be able to identify you based on payment data for example?