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I'm considering ProtonVPN to replace mullvad as they do have port forwarding for torrenting. I also did a quick search for VPN communities, but didn't find any. Maybe just not from my instance.

Just wondering if they'll end up axing port forwarding, if I pay for a extended length plan and then they axe the feature, I will have wasted quite a bit of money. At least with mullvad, it was monthly anyway, so not much to lose.

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[–] ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is port forwarding actually needed for downloading? I thought torrenting used automatic ephemeral ports that stayed alive while you're connected to the swarm (I am talking out of my ass, I don't know how it works, I just know I've never needed to port forward for torrenting).

Does this Mullvad change entirely kill torrenting? Or does it only stop initial seed torrents?