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It's simpler to get onto good indexers for german media on usenet than it is to find a private tracker and get into it.
Also, my upload is slow so I'd have to use a seedbox to torrent on private trackers instead of using my homeserver.
I like P2P filesharing more than usenet since it's decentralized. Most usenet providers with long retention are owned by only a few parent companies which is never good in the long term. As long as private VPN's are allowed torrenting can't be stopped.
On usenet with my indexer I find dual language 1080p remuxes for most movies, so I'd say the quality is as good as it can be. But this is probably also the case with a good private tracker.
If your already on private trackers that have all the media you want I really don't see any advantage to usenet.
As for tools, it's mostly the same as with torrenting. The arr* stack supports usenet, it just downloads with sabnzbd instead of qbittorrent (or your preferred client).
Any tips for indexers that have German media that you are willing/able to share?
Have a look at my German Usenet beginners guide: https://github.com/PCJones/usenet-guide
Let me know if you need any further help
SceneNZBs is all I need for movies/shows in german. They have a partnership with the german nzb forum House of Usenet, so their index is awesome.
German article: https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/szene/usenet/scenenzbs-com-neuer-usenet-indexer-in-kooperation-mit-hou-geoeffnet-244147.html
Guide for preferring dual language media: https://github.com/PCJones/radarr-sonarr-german-dual-language
Thanks, yeah the impression I've gotten before is that it's mostly the same. But maybe using it as a backup for my normal torrents could be useful for more niche stuff that I can't find in private trackers...