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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    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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    AirVPN is nice, I just started using them.

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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.

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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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      That’s what I use, PIA definitely isn’t a great provider (in a lot of ways), but they’re reliable, fast, and very cheap if you get in one one of their frequent sales.

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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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    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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    Well I liked Mullvad because they genuinely supported privacy.

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