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15 days agoI used to be annoyed by an old Samsung “smart” TV ('15 or '16 model). Most things didn’t work on it, yet it kept demanding my data and playing ads constantly. So I built my first pi-hole, it stopped most of the ads but broke the TV in the process. Long story short, I went down every rabbit hole I could and no solutions were found. Granted, different brand and era so maybe you’ll have better luck…but the solution for me was simply to ditch the apps altogether
Preface: I don’t use Usenet
I’ve heard its a federated network, but you’re paying for a subscription to a specific set of servers…as far as I understand.
People have been migrating to Usenet for a long time on top of being a very old protocol, so probably quite a bit. Worth a quick shot, right? As I understand, rights holders try pretty often but they can’t really because the protocol breaks the data up so much that it can’t be discovered from the outside.
Its not a requirement, but it doesn’t hurt. Many providers bundle a VPN.
Hope that helps. I’ve never used it, but I always read posts about it and ask questions