FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agoHow is the Piracy community adapting to port forwarding becoming a rarer premium feature, and most users on public trackers do not have it? Is the bitorrent protocol in need of update?message-squaremessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down15
arrow-up1190arrow-down1message-squareHow is the Piracy community adapting to port forwarding becoming a rarer premium feature, and most users on public trackers do not have it? Is the bitorrent protocol in need of update?FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square134fedilink
minus-squareJayGray91@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoI use Private Internet Access (PIA) and that has port forwarding. I read something about it on reddit but forgot about it, so idk of there’s anything bad it controversial surrounding PIA.
minus-squareIlandar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoThere is, just not in relation to piracy. The concerns are more over its financial incentives/ownership and privacy.
minus-squareKernal64@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 days agoThey got bought by a malvertising company a few years ago. It’s what made me drop them after being a customer of theirs for years.
I use Private Internet Access (PIA) and that has port forwarding. I read something about it on reddit but forgot about it, so idk of there’s anything bad it controversial surrounding PIA.
There is, just not in relation to piracy. The concerns are more over its financial incentives/ownership and privacy.
They got bought by a malvertising company a few years ago. It’s what made me drop them after being a customer of theirs for years.