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Cake day: August 21st, 2024

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  • Yes and there is an issue started on the gitlab for Fennec (which ironically I can’t pull up right now to give you the link because it’s hanging due to this bug).

    There is a workaround that works for me, go to your settings within Fennec and turn on “Delete browsing data on quit” and only turn on the “cached images and files” so you don’t lose saved logins and history. This will enable an “exit” option in the menu which fully closes the app and usually fixes the issue.


  • I could swear I read it exactly that way, but looking back I don’t see it, perhaps I inferred it from this:

    My setup uses sabnzbd integrated with Lidarr for handling downloads of content I’ve purchased.

    To be clear, Lidarr/Sabnzbd can ONLY download from Usenet, which (as far as I know) is not an authorized download channel for any legally purchased media. I get what he’s saying, that he buys the music from a legit source and then downloads it from Usenet for simplicity and automation’s sake (which is exactly what I do as well), but the inference appeared to be that he was somehow pointing Lidarr/Sabnzbd at Bandcamp directly.


  • I understand the author’s intent to support artists by purchasing their music on various platforms, but by using Sabnzbd to download music from Usenet, this is essentially a guide to pirate music. The only thing in this setup that isn’t automated is purchasing the albums, and at one point the author says he uses Sabnzbd to download from Bandcamp. No, he doesn’t, that’s impossible; Sabnzbd is a Usenet client and nothing more.

    I applaud the author for trying to be honest and support his favorite artists with legal purchases to justify his use of these apps, and it’s a great setup. But let’s not pretend that most people following this guide will actually legally purchase any music they download once they see how seamless and fun it is to pirate it.

    And I say all of that as someone who has a similar setup with Lidarr and Sabnzbd, I am not judging anyone who chooses to pirate music. And I do purchase actual physical albums of some of the music I download so I can support my favorite artists. I just wanted to call out the author for being a bit disingenuous about his setup.