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I don't live in the US, so my ISP doesn't really seem to care what I torrent, but the megathread vehemently recommends to always use one. Since VPNs aren't cheap and I'm on a strict budget (wouldn't pirate otherwise), is it really that dangerous to torrent without one?

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[–] Pulp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This wont be good for your ratio.

[–] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sorry, do you mean using it in place of BitTorrent wouldn't be good? Does it not seed back?

[–] heartlessevil@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

I think the issue is often getting other people to download them. Unless you have very specific filters for which torrents to download, you could end up with a bunch of garbage.

[–] BigTiddyGothGF@fedia.io 1 points 2 years ago