I've been wanting to get into torrenting for a while, particularly contributing to private trackers related to music (and to a lesser extent retro games, though I don't have much original stuff to put there as it's harder to find rare games than rare music). FMHY recommends RiseUp if I must get a free VPN while I'm working on my financial situation, though I'm not sure whether it's been tested in court. What are my options, if any?

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[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean you can avoid all that. If you're just interested in music and retro games then just use soulseek and use the rom megathread. both of which are going to be either peer to peer or direct downloads. no torrenting.

Rom megathread (web search it) has quite literally everything. no need to search, no need to torrent, it's all right there. And soulseek with Nicotine+ just works like napster. sign up, be sure to share your music library, and then have at it.

[–] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I use slsk, I'm just trying to find more places to upload the rare music I have to so it's less likely to become lost.

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

right so you just keep your music folder open so people can do just that. More audiophiles are going to be on soulseek than some random torrent tracker.

I don't understand why you insist on torrenting when you can't safely do so. You're going to get way more traction sharing your rare stuff on soulseek than you will torrenting it I can guarantee that.

[–] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 22 hours ago

It's not that I'm trying to switch away from slsk, it's that I'm trying to do more in addition to slsk.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Its not a big thing with trackers anymore unless you get into one of the exclusive private trackers dedicated to music, but this requires previous history with other trackers, good upload speeds, etc. I would just stick with slsk for now.

[–] ScratchySoft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

What's not a big thing with trackers?

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago

Music