open_door@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 months agoWhat VPN would you recommend for torrenting?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareWhat VPN would you recommend for torrenting?open_door@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoNote that Mullvad no longer allows port forwarding, which can make it harder to torrent effectively
minus-squareLemmy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-29 months agoIs it really that bad? I haven’t had any issues torrenting stuff with Mullvad, although I usually don’t torrent files above like 20GB
minus-squareCalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoIt reduces your available peers. You can’t connect to other people with closed ports, one side needs to be open. It isn’t a huge deal with popular torrents, but it can cause problems with unpopular/old stuff.
Note that Mullvad no longer allows port forwarding, which can make it harder to torrent effectively
Is it really that bad? I haven’t had any issues torrenting stuff with Mullvad, although I usually don’t torrent files above like 20GB
It reduces your available peers. You can’t connect to other people with closed ports, one side needs to be open.
It isn’t a huge deal with popular torrents, but it can cause problems with unpopular/old stuff.