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Pornhub, YouPorn, Redtube, and other content sharing platforms will block new users in the UK starting next week(February 2) (www.aylo.com)
submitted 8 months ago* by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 13 points 8 months ago (13 children)

Advertising for mullvad harms the peer2peer network. (They blocked port forwarding and won't be bringing it back)

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    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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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months 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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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    What VPN(s) would you recommend?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months 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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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    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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