Oof, same on Android. That's a complete deal breaker for using the PWA.
I've never used IPTorrents but I've heard it's similar to TorrentLeech, which I think is quite good for a general private tracker. Unfortunately, these two are kind of a dead end regarding getting into others. Also unfortunately, every private tracker I've seen has very strict rules against invite trading/selling. I'm sure it still happens, but people can have their accounts banned for it.
Getting into the private trackers you want usually takes time and effort. Many use RED as a stepping stone, but it definitely requires a lot of patience. This can be more than many are willing to put up with, and usenet becomes a very decent alternative for some types of content, mostly movies and tv shows.
Wow it really was ages ago if you mention newsbin as an indexer. Nowadays, indexer usually refers to privately run services that index nzbs for you. Most require a subscription fee, but are worth it because without them you can't really find anything manually anymore since the file names are all obfuscated. This really helps prevent copyright takedowns.
In my opinion, it probably is. Depends on how satisfied you are with your current sources. Are you "set for life" on some nice private trackers or was the closing of RARBG a problem for you?
What indexer(s) are you using?
Check out https://github.com/nathom/streamrip and https://github.com/miraclx/freyr-js. If qobuz is more your thing, make sure to use the dev branch for streamrip so you can use tokens instead of login info.
Check out https://github.com/nathom/streamrip and https://github.com/miraclx/freyr-js. If qobuz is more your thing, make sure to use the dev branch for streamrip so you can use tokens instead of login info.
That's interesting, never heard that before. I've been using them for about 2.5 years and got in at €2.99/mo. Maybe my download success could be attributed to the indexers I'm using? I think I was using NewsDemon before that and definitely had some takedown issues.
In my opinion, the best provider is Eweka. You can still get the €3.99/mo offer at https://www.eweka.nl/en/landing/special-deal. They don't follow DMCA so uploads tend to last a lot longer. Ideally you'll have at least one block account from another provider on a different backbone. Check here for a map of providers and backbones https://usenetmap.b-cdn.net/latest.svg. The block account is for when your main provider is missing some parts. However, with Eweka this has been extremely rare for me so you can probably wait on getting a block account if you go with them.
Nowadays, you'll also need a good indexer (or two or three). Long gone are the days of searching for an nzb on a public site. Nzbgeek is probably a good one to start with since it has open registration. DrunkenSlug is another great one, but requires an invite. I don't think there is a lemmy alternative, so checkout r/usenetinvites if interested.
SABnzbd and NZBget are the two most used downloaders, but the latter is no longer being maintained.
Seems likely. It keeps happening to me a few times a day.
Dang, I thought it was the whole month of June for some reason.
How do you deal with losing your scrolling position every time you go back from viewing a comments page?