I love Mullvad and used them for years, but without port forwarding, they're not the service you want for torrenting. Some alternatives like AirVPN or ProtonVPN are better suited for that stuff.

Before the haters jump in and tell me "it works fine fer me!" it's only working because the user on the other end, like myself, have port forwarding set up. Since you don't have it, you'll never connect to anyone else like yourself nor will they be able to connect to you.

Of course there are alternatives like streaming and Usenet but there are tradeoffs no matter what you pick.

Get to the point that you don't want their products. Consuming their stuff at all is like sporting brand name cloths and covering the logo.

Once you do this you will find you don't need most of it and it's just a waste of time anyway. The stuff that is authentic and that you genuinely need you can support.

It's honestly like quitting drugs.

or even water

Already did.

We never stopped the “lol treaties with Native American tribes don’t count” bullshit.

I believe ISPs do not want to cut people off. All that does is push you to a competitor. They want to be able to hold you liable for damages

Dude - this is the truth. Thanks for giving me something to work towards.

I got one then another, then got a VPN...

Yeah, sure but to "steal something" is to imply that you're depriving the original owner use of the thing you stole. This is more like making an exact copy depriving nobody of use of the original thing.

it's more like depriving someone use of roads, sidewalks, and doors because they got caught walking out of Kinkos

In the beginning we used to exchange cassettes. You would have a boombox with two cassettes. You would play one while you recorded on the other. Then you gave the cassette back to your friend. Next was the VCR with the big ass cassettes.

Then you would do the same with floppies, then zip disks. Then one day CD recording was a thing, then DVDs. Then thumb drives and now portable HDDs. Basically the cheapest form or recording is always the most popular way for people to share stuff.

The only ones who don't want us to share are those who want to make millions by never innovating.

For straight up running a hose or an extension cord so they're not completely doa.

If it's upheld, that's the precursor to full-blown info blackouts, just cut off internet to anyone 'accused' of wrongspeak against the powers that be, which is basically everyone.

This also sounds like SOPA reborn.

They have ways to block / identify VPNs.

They will cut off electricity if you do something illegal with it....

So if Meta is convicted of pirating books for AI training, they lose all internet connectivity? 🧐

Accused???

Well alrighty then, I hereby accuse the operators of donaldjtrump.com of piracy! Anybody else notice any piratical activity? Foxnews.com seems pretty fishy.

Like 20 years ago the RAVE Act said venues can be charged if anyone is in possession of illegal drugs inside of them during an event. Similar in some ways

God willing

I also use them but I often get blocked from sites when it's on

Because of fucking course there is

Were talking about Jesusland after all

Being accused of will lose you access to basic infrastructure? Why not cut electricity too?