Fresh data for 2024 reveals that while overall pirate site traffic dipped to 216 billion visits, the landscape is shifting dramatically. Publishing piracy is booming, largely driven by an insatiable global demand for manga. In stark contrast, both music and film piracy have tanked. Despite these changes, the United States remains the top traffic source for pirate sites.
What is a Usenet?
Its like torrenting except you download from a sever directly instead of a bunch of peers, there is no seeding and its always the fastest speed your connection allows.
Also some other stuff unrelated to piracy that will provably just make it sound more confusing then it really is.
@gwilikers @gravitywell take a look at https://usenet.rexum.space/docs/getting-started