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I am trying to capture costs for starting into homelab/selfhosting.

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[โ€“] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Since you are paying, it seems to be worth it. I read a lot of mixed opinions online. What do you find there that you can't on torrent sites? Or is it just ease of use?

[โ€“] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ease of use (once it's set up). Getting it set up is the tricky part, but it's just tedious more than anything else.

I actually have two subscriptions, one for the newsgroup and one for the indexer. The newsgroup access is monthly while the indexer is annual, like $12/yr or something, stupid cheap.

Absolutely worth it.