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Re:Usenet, the OG social network, rises again like a text-on... by dvdkon on Thursday August 31, 2023 @03:22PM (#37342390)
I don't think 10USD/month for access to a forum is anywhere near cheap or even reasonable, no matter how big it is. I can't imagine anyone paying that for non-warez Usenet access.
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Re:Usenet, the OG social network, rises again like a text-on... by kxrm on Thursday August 31, 2023 @03:48PM (#37342755)
That pricing is definitely targeted at users who use usenet to trade binary files.

If you do not care about binary files then use https://www.eternal-september.org, it's free.

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Re:Usenet, the OG social network, rises again like a text-on... by sigio on Thursday August 31, 2023 @04:34PM (#37343340)
Get a provider with a block account... 1GB will last forever on text-groups, and block accounts usually go for 10-1000GB for a few bucks
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