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[โ€“] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Unlimited Usenet plans are pretty cheap to depending on sales.

Edit to add: I'm not a quality snob, but I'd probably blow through 500GB way too quickly.

[โ€“] SuspiciousCarrot78@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Use to last me 2-3 months... but my media library is more or less complete now, with little churn. Also, I don't ever go above 1080p.

I need to check if Radarr / Sonarr works with straight torrents (it must do; I haven't used them for ages / have been using 1337 manually, but I seem to recall torrents being a source).