Gotta say that I find it very questionable how many people dump on nzbmatrix or say that it was not necessary anyway.
Sure, if you only watch high quality stuff like Skyfall and listen to Lady Gaga, a site like nzbmatrix is probably useless to you. But for those who appreciate things that aren't that easy to come by, it is essential to have some sort of an index to even HEAR about them. My estimate is that at least half of the movies and games I got through nzbmatrix, I had not heard about anywhere else.
And as every usenet user knows, it's basically just not possible to "browse" the usenet itself.
Then there are software releases where 95% are fake or bug-ridden. Where it saves a LOT of trial & error if people help each other out by posting only those that are for real.
And I found no other nzb site as useful when it comes to finding all new releases. And I have looked at them all because I did not appreciate nzbmatrix's own censorship.
You don't need a usenet indexing site to learn about good indie movies or music. There are dozens of websites that review and discuss these things without releasing them for free against the authors wishes....
Sure, if you only watch high quality stuff like Skyfall and listen to Lady Gaga, a site like nzbmatrix is probably useless to you. But for those who appreciate things that aren't that easy to come by, it is essential to have some sort of an index to even HEAR about them. My estimate is that at least half of the movies and games I got through nzbmatrix, I had not heard about anywhere else. And as every usenet user knows, it's basically just not possible to "browse" the usenet itself.
Then there are software releases where 95% are fake or bug-ridden. Where it saves a LOT of trial & error if people help each other out by posting only those that are for real.
And I found no other nzb site as useful when it comes to finding all new releases. And I have looked at them all because I did not appreciate nzbmatrix's own censorship.