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Need explanation about Usenet (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I found about Usenet and the sort of "hype" relative to it and I wonder some stuff.

Maybe I'm a bit old school but is this process not against the spirit of piracy,

be generous to share
fight against censorship and DCMA takedown
work in a decentralized way

Just wondered it, if someone wants to give his opinion

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I found about Usenet and the sort of “hype” relative to it and I wonder some stuff.

Usenet's been around in its current form since 1987! The problem for pirates is finding decent providers who serve binaries. I used to use Easynews as they had great retention and they seem to still be around.

Usenet is decentralised, but - as mentioned elsewhere - relies on a handful of providers to service the binary groups.