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I was reading through Servarr wiki's VPN Guide and saw this callout:

For most users, secure DNS is sufficient instead of VPNs and fixes indexer connectivity issues without the complexity and problems of VPN setups

Are VPNs no longer the recommended practice? I was under the impression a VPN was pretty much required for sharing stuff in a copyright-sensitive country. I'd be delighted if I could simplify my app stack.

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The VPN is needed for the torrent client. If you use it with the arr programs, you will probably be blocked by anything that's behind cloudflare.

[–] HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social 4 points 4 hours ago

Glad to see I wasn't out-of-the-loop. That's what I figured, but the little callout in the wiki had me questioning.

Thanks for the sanity check