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> alt.binaries killed usenet. In 2023 Usenet is solely commercially viable for alt.binaries.
by temporal828 3y ago
> alt.binaries killed usenet.
In 2023 Usenet is solely commercially viable for alt.binaries.
- korse 3y agoI'm surprised people aren't mentioning this more. Usenet may be dead for discussion, but it certainly isn't a dead technology. edit: I guess they are. Took a second to search around the comments.
- u801e 3y agoFrom what I've read, they're transferring multiple petabytes of data a day between different backbone NNTP server farms.
- korse 3y agoThis is true. Pretty much all alt.binaries though and there is an interesting ecosystem of tools, forums and providers that you need to be aware of in order to access content.