I that case, I got nothing 🙁

Anyway, I know some folks just can't seed for whatever reason. No biggie. To each as they need, from each as they can provide

Make sure you put the port you’re being assigned into your necessary application. Also note that it can change when you disconnect and reconnect so you periodically want to make sure the port in your application matches the port assigned to you by PIA.

so you actually have no idea whether "your ISP throttles your shit crazy". it probably does not, because if you are using vpn, that would affect all your other traffic as well.

try to stop using the vpn and test the behaviour of the torrent again.

Even so, I'm not gonna judge. It took me awhile to realize my mistake there as well. 🍻

i'll skip over whether your assumption is actually valid and ask: in your experience, do people always act rationally and never do insane things?