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Date: 15 Mar 2026 20:51:59 GMT
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On Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:05:43 +0100, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 wrote:

>  dniu 15.03.2026 o 03:09, rbowman pisze:
>> https://news.individual.net/
>> 
>> I wasn't aware of it but 'Discontinuation of the NetNews / Usenet
>> service as of 30 September 2027'
>> 
>> The cartoon says 'FAREWELL, USENET!  THE ERA OF USENET IS OVER'
>> 
>> I'll worry about it next year.
> 
> My advice is: you should switch ASAP to some commercial Usenet service
> provider, because currently you can not pay for news.individual.net
> Usenet service. This mean you will make "secret debt".

Since individual stopped being free, I've paid every year, first through 
Click'n'Buy, which was a hassle, and not PayPal.