VPNs are only needed in some countries (e.g. France). They’re not needed in every country (i.e. Italy doesn’t give a fuck about piracy, unless it’s football matches).
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bigb@lemmy.world 1 week agoStart out simple and stick with a basic BitTorrent client. Figure out where you want to download from and get a torrent client configured. I use an ISP that frowns upon piracy so here’s a quick overview:
- Look for public torrent sites. I’m out of this game so I don’t have any suggestions.
- Research private torrent trackers. I don’t think I can provide any help with this, but there are other corners of Lemmy who can.
- Find a VPN. Everyone has thoughts on this and Proton VPN is the one I’m currently using.
- Pick a torrent client. I’d recommend qBittorrent myself.
- Configure your VPN to include your BT traffic.
If/when you want to try Lidarr, you’ll be much better off knowing the basics of BitTorrent because *arr software is confusing in its own regard.
Usenet and soulseek are other alternatives.
Scrollone@feddit.it 1 week ago
Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 week ago
For music, soulseek is a great resource too