Paid services have consolidated to a great degree. But I’ve been a long time Easynews subscriber.
They have decent retention, good completion, and are johnny-on-the-spot re. DMCA requests.
Their real claim to fame is an easy to use browser based front end, so no third party client hassles and it works on mobile.
That said, MUCH has changed since the 90s, i.e. encrypted posts, the USENET hierarchy is largely broken and good luck finding any current text discussion (looking at you, Adobe, ya skeevy fucks).
Why you shouldn't believe the AI extinction lie ( www.youtube.com )
Reddit shares soar 14% after company reports revenue pop in debut earnings report ( www.cnbc.com )
Looking for good USENET primer
I used to spend a lot of time on news:// protocol back in the 90s, but haven't touched it for good 20 years or so....