As someone who quit smoking, there's just something about the sight of a woman doing it that just does it for me. Thanks for sharing

Yeah sure. I've used NZBGeek, DOGnzb, nzb.su, binsearch, filesharingtalk and drunkenslug. Some are invite only, if you're interested I do have a few invites left for DOGnzb... If you're gonna go down this road, you'll definitely want multiple indexers.

Sorry just getting used to notifications in lemmy so I didn't see this till now. But @hydra@beehaw.org summed it up perfectly.

You need A client, an indexer, and a Usenet provider.

I use SABnzbd for my client, I've got several different index sites, and 3 providers. One of which is a yearly unlimited subscription and the other 2 are bucket plans where I buy access to a set amount of GB to download and once I use it, I either buy more or lose access. They basically serve as backup servers if something can't be found on my main unlimited server. I use prowlarr in conjunction with radarr and sonarr to manage my indexers and shows and movies, and use SABnzbd as my download client, connected to my Usenet provider. It works beautifully once you get it set up right.

I just finished moving all my media to x265 and saved 7TB in the process. Quality looks plenty good to me but I always start from a remux if I can. Totally Worth it for the extra space.

Usenet. Been using it consistently for over 10 years now. I only torrent when I can't find something on usenet. So not too often. Plus Usenet just maxes out my download speed on everything. It's so freaking fast compared to torrents. I gladly pay for that.