I’m mainly only using it for p2p, everything else is secondary. Portforwarding is necessary though.

Edit: Decided on AirVPN. It wasn’t too pricy, only 2 dollars above my current Usenet + Indexer plan.

    • Ado@lemmy.ml
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      I’ve had mullvad for years but never forwarded a port. What’s the use case? Like if a game won’t connect properly or something? Just curious what I’m missing out on

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        It’s useful for opening up ports for Bittorrent, which is the main reason Mullvad is deciding to shut them down.

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          Nah, they’re shutting off port-forwarding because there were probably a bunch of users abusing the service and using it to distribute CSAM, and they got tired of having law enforcement at their door. Port-forwarding itself isn’t inherently bad, but when it’s used for that purpose it is.

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            If you want privacy everyone else gets it to, its the price of the service

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      Really hope they add it back in the future. AirVPN has been great so far, but their mobile app is kind of ass (I’m also using the VPN for some other stuff outside of torrenting).

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    Well I liked Mullvad because they genuinely supported privacy.

    I’m using port forwarding to access by server by SSH. I guess not anymore :/

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    I’ve been using PIA because their Toronto server has port forwarding and a fast connection to my area. Their 3.4 year plan is also a really good deal, but test it on a monthly plan before you commit because not all of their servers are great.

    I used to torrent with no protection, I had no idea my provider was throttling my p2p connections. Going to a vpn sped up my downloads significantly.

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    I’ve been using AirVPN for seven years with few problems. I’d recommend waiting for one of their big sales (Halloween, Black Friday, Christmas, anniversary sale) to buy a two or three year plan.

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      Do you know how cheap they get?

      I saw it for like 100 for three years but dont know what the “best deal” is.

      Currently looking at AirVPN and ivpn.

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    Can’t access it now because the subreddit is private, but I remember that IVPN and AirVPN are recommended. I think ProtonVPN is too, but the port forwarding might be a bit of a hassle depending on your OS. CryptoStorm used to be recommended, but was removed because of “lack of recent activity”, whatever the hell that means.

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    Good choice on AirVPN, never had a single issue with them in the 6 years I’ve used it.

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      From a port-forwarding perspective, I’ve heard that Proton VPN is clunky at best. It only works on Windows and the port changes frequently.

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      I’ve been hearing great stuff about ProtonVPN, might as well try it out.

      My other option was Windscribe, which I heard was good.