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Free Newsbin Lifetime Keys - Direct from Newsbin - Usenet Newsreader - RRP $20

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Free Newsbin Lifetime Keys - Direct from Newsbin - Usenet Newsreader - RRP $20
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addict on 05/06/2016 - 19:20 newsbin.com (3065 clicks)
Last edited 05/06/2016 - 23:05 by 1 other user

Found this online when my trial period expired. Not sure how long it will work for, but it works today.

If you are not sure what a newsreader is, there is nothing to see here..

Free Newsbin Key to celebrate their 18th year!!
Be quick they wont last long

In tribute to our fellow Redditors, we are now providing a FREE KEY to Newsbin to anyone who asks. We are also including full access to the Newsbin Internet Search service for 7 days. When the Search period expires, you can continue using Search by signing up for any tier of our Newsbin Internet Search Service. Whether you do this or not, your key to use Newsbin will remain active indefinitely.

YOUR KEY TO NEWSBIN WILL REMAIN ACTIVE INDEFINITELY!!

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  • PVA on 05/06/2016 - 19:24

    what do they mean- In tribute to Reddit?

  • fertiliser on 05/06/2016 - 19:37

    what the difference between this and say sabnzbd or nzbget?

    • addict on 05/06/2016 - 19:47
      +2

      I will let someone else do a formal review..

      Personally I use both SABNZBD & NEWSBIN. sabnzbd for the API integration with apps like CouchPotato, etc. As well with online nzb online search indexer. Its pretty sweet.

      The reason I signed up with newsbin was I was downloading files that were not on the traditional indexers so I needed a reader, and for what ever reason I kept getting errors with the usual free programs. Newsbin worked perfectly and error free.

      Cheers!

  • DRAGONPHONEIX on 05/06/2016 - 19:47

    Any cheap/free newsgroups ?

    • addict on 05/06/2016 - 19:56
      +4

      I have access to a free one through my ISP (Internode), check if your ISP offers a similar option. To supplement this I use usenetbucket. Its a Dutch(NL Based) provider so its not as impacted to DMCA take down requests, means better chance of your downloads being available.

      • shrewduser on 05/06/2016 - 20:47
        +1

        i thought internode stopped offering usenet years ago

        • sprof on 05/06/2016 - 20:51
          +2

          I guess you thought wrong :) FYI it also works on iinet too

        • addict on 05/06/2016 - 20:52
          +7

          they dont advertise it or support it, but its still up and running.

          news.internode.on.net
          Total: 301.4 GB
          Today: 2.4 GB
          This week: 17.1 GB
          This month: 13.8 GB

          :)

        • shrewduser on 05/06/2016 - 21:00

          @addict:

          well damn. wish i could get some on telstra.

        • blackfrancis75 on 05/06/2016 - 22:07
          +1

          @addict:
          Nice. TPG used to have one, but it's gone now I believe

    • stevensx on 05/06/2016 - 23:12

      I'm with Internode. And while they offer free usenet, it shouldn't be trusted (recently purchased a couple of blocks from various other providers), if you're downloading questionable things….

  • kfuerza on 05/06/2016 - 20:11
    +1

    Former Easynews subscriber for over 15 years…
    Can someone help me understand what this lifetime key does?
    EDIT Figured it out on my own with a lil Googlin':

    https://usenetreviewz.com/newsbin-review/

    • Kambo_Rambo on 05/06/2016 - 22:30

      it looks like its a usenet client like sabnzbd+. Unfortunately its windows only so i can't use this.

    • lostn on 06/06/2016 - 22:53

      Easy news is for chumps willing to get ripped off.

      • kfuerza on 07/06/2016 - 08:26

        So young…so angry….DAMN THAT RAP MUSIC!!!!!

        • lostn on 08/06/2016 - 01:35

          If you want to pay $30 a month instead of less than $10 because you don't want to learn how to use an indexer, more power to you.

        • kfuerza on 08/06/2016 - 05:13

          @lostn:
          Only ever paid 9 a month. The rollover + loyalty bonus was plenty for me. There was a time in history when torrents didn't exist and early broadband in the USA was flaky at best. The easynews global search was a godsend and well…made it easy. By far the beat 9 bucks a month for years. I mainly used it for music and occasionally grabbing shows and movies I couldn't find on the torrents.
          Then….streaming music services became a thing and.. I stopped watching a lot of TV and movies so I cancelled.

          But you don't care about that… You must like to tell people how dumb they are for not being you without any context.

        • lostn on 08/06/2016 - 20:52

          @kfuerza: You went for the 20GB plan. That is pretty tiny, considering that price gets you unlimited with most usenet providers. Even the $30 plan only gets you 150GB, which I would use up in less than a week easily. $9.94 is a very casual plan, especially if you are rolling over your data with it. I'd dare say most people going for a non-block usenet account are downloading a lot more than this. When you can get unlimited plans cheaper than EN charges for 20GB a month, you know you're getting ripped off because you don't want to seek free alternatives for their premium services. The $9.94 you pay, I would use up in half a day.

          I think I've given all the context anyone needs. You pay a premium for Easy News because the indexer and client are built in. People who know how to use their own free indexer and client save a lot of money going elsewhere.

          Is that enough context for you?

  • [Deactivated] on 05/06/2016 - 20:44

    I requested it, not sure if I'm going to use it yet, but thanks.

  • Lord_Sif on 05/06/2016 - 21:38
    +5

    No idea what it is, but ozbargain'd it anyway.

  • spuderump on 05/06/2016 - 21:40

    Benefits of this say over using an indexer and downloading a file that way?

  • tchuy1 on 05/06/2016 - 22:15
    +3

    can someone explain what this program actually does? thank you. i feel like everyone commenting is speaking a different language.

    • Consumer Sheep on 05/06/2016 - 22:34

      It does something you can get for free anyway

    • addict on 05/06/2016 - 22:48
      +5

      I will try. (based on my limited view and knowledge) before torrents, and streaming, and websites/forums as you know them today, Usenet newsgroups were the way the hard core techies shared files and had discussions on the internet. To access these newsgroups you needed a newsgroup reader like newsbin. It translated the data from the server into meaningful txt, pictures, sounds, files. etc..

      Basically this program allows you to access one of the earlier forms of file sharing and discussion boards. However its complexity, decentralized servers, and lack or minimal logging capabilities both kept it from hitting mainstream, but also from many of the issues you see with torrents.

      From what I have seen many of the streaming services that integrate with programs like KODI or NZB online search indexers remove the need for programs like this, but the hard core fans can still benefit from it. Especially if you want to take advantage of the discussions,upload files, request files, access more customized content, etc. Online indexers will only index a small portion of the groups that are out there.

    • Mumbles on 06/06/2016 - 13:33
      +2

      Newsbin is a "newsgroup" reader. A newsgroup is essentially email on steroids. Most email programs actually have the capability to read basic text newsgroups.

      These fancier newsgroup applications have a user friendly interface for doing wacky stuff like file splitting/segmenting/recombining your 2GB file attachments if you choose to share stuff on newsgroups.

      In the early days the internet was only made up of:
      - email
      - World Wide Web (html, shtml, xml)
      - newsgroups

      Newsgroups had the biggest communities. They were simple for an owner to create (ie. required no programming skills, no templates, no frameworks, no security, no user accounts, etc). Downloads were fast and assured since files came from single servers whereas everything is now peer-to-peer bitorrents.

  • [Deactivated] on 05/06/2016 - 22:21

    Seems dodgy, why they just don't give it away? What is the story of 7 days trail and signing up for a tier if the key remains active indefinitely?
    Am I missing something?

    • bxpressiv on 06/06/2016 - 08:11

      There is already a fair few reputable alternatives which are free, so giving it away free doesn't really mean much.

      The seven day trial is for additional features which you have to pay for after the trial. Think of this as a downloader but you have to pay extra for the search engine after seven days. You can still use the program for life free without the search engine, you just have to get your NZBs elsewhere and import them into the program.

  • noise36 on 05/06/2016 - 23:49
    +3

    http://sabnzbd.org/

    free always

  • PaKoRa on 06/06/2016 - 07:00
    +3

    ahh back in the day - mid /late 90s used Forte Agent 99…hmmm alt bin xx - yoooo that was fun ..tamaki campus FTW.

  • eunos on 06/06/2016 - 09:13

    No OSX version?

    • fruit on 06/06/2016 - 13:16
      +1

      lol

    • Mumbles on 06/06/2016 - 14:04
      +1

      The LOL is because the typical Apple user is a very different demographic to a current newsgroup user. Newgroup messages look very ugly and contain little to no text formatting, usually everything is plain ASCII text. There's a lot more reasons but I'm trying to stay nice.

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