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I personally ditched torrenting completly. Haven't touched a torrent in literal years.
Usenet is the way for me. Still using via Mullvad nonetheless.
Usenet is generally better for 0-day and recent releases, but it doesn't hold a candle to P2P when it comes to older stuff. What's the max retention you get with the most premium plan with reputable providers these days? I think it was 13 years last time I checked. But aside from that, it's almost always faster than P2P (unless you have a bad connection to the server from your location) and certainly more convenient in certain categories like movies and TV shows. I still use P2P for games, software, and music though.
Edit: Forgot we were talking primarily about security. Of course Usenet is better in that regard as well. The other replies explain why that's the case.
Hm, so usenet might be a bad idea if I were looking for old RPG rulebooks and adventure collections for Das Schwarze Auge, for example? That's too bad, I had considered signing up just for that, as the selection on Anna's archive is most incomplete.
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