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• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Are there any VPNs that didn’t? I couldn’t really find any, and tbh it’s not a massive issue for torrenting. I still upload a fair bit, but obviously not as much as I would be if I had ports open.

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  • rav3n@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Private Internet Access and Njalla both allow port forwarding.

    Mullvad is heavily shilled, and for some reason no online discussion ever ends on a critical note. Be wary and don’t assume the group is always correct.

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    • yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You say that Mullvad is heavily shilled, and I’d like to learn more about it. Would you mind showing a concrete example, so I can better inform myself?

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  • Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    AirVPN allow port forwarding.

    I use Mullvad for my day to day devices like my phone and laptop, and AirVPN in my homelab for things like torrenting.

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    • lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks for the recommendation!

      I’ll try this out with my current torrenting setup and see if it is better

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  • jmf@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Maybe not massive issue for individuals yet, but I guarantee anti piracy orgs love everyone switching to a VPN that inherently weakens the torrent ecosphere.

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• filcuk@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How does it harm p2p? I’ve been downloading and seeding without issue. Genuine question

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  • jmf@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    P2P requires at least 1 person to have open port forwarding. Ideally, everyone has it open on their VPN. The more people start recommending vpns without it, the more torrents as a whole start to die as everyone I inherently becomes a burden on the system.

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    • filcuk@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I had no idea. According to what I’m reading, if I switch to IPv6, it would effectively solve the problem? I see that mullvad does support it, but will have to look into the individual containers I’m using, as well as docker itself I guess.
      Networking is a nightmare to understand

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• yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fair point. I just assumed most people reading my message wouldn’t care much about torrenting, but in this economy where censorship is pretty much happening, port forwarding would definitely be a plus. Do you have better suggestions?

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  • jmf@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Airvpn or Private internet access seem to be the good options nowadays, MAYBE protonvpn if you can separate the product from the owner, due to the CEO making inflammatory statements on his socials. That’s a call you have to make for yourself and your own threat model.

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    • yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sorry it took so long, but I added some of your suggestions in. Thanks.

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• OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What VPN(s) would you recommend?

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  • jmf@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    PIA (Private Internet Access) seems really good. I am currently finishing up a 2 year discounted Protonvpn subscription but am reevaluating it as a viable option due to recent political posts from the CEO. As far as the service goes it was great though.

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