I've heard the risks are lower, but I'd still prefer to bind to VPN. I know from experience that kill switches are unreliable. Is this possible in soulseek or something similar (preferably OSS and with ok sound quality).

I've read the FAQ, megathread and done a search and didn't find anything.

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[–] Xideta@ani.social 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can with "Nicotine+", which is an alternative client for soulseek.

[–] ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nicotine+ has such a weird UI

[–] 0rch1dD0LL@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

It is pretty much completely customizable in settings… Everything from button/bar placement to color. You can even completely remove items.

[–] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 2 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Many VPNs provide modes where all traffic is forced over the VPN, but does Soulseek even still work? I feel like I tried it a decade ago and it already never worked... most advice for music piracy these days is to rip from legit sources with something like Nuclear, but afaik that is no longer maintained

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Soulseek is amazing, it's by far the most comprehensive music piracy tool I've used.

[–] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 0 points 2 days ago

TIL

[–] Arkhive@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

Yes! I have a machine where the whole system is going through a VPN and I run my SLSKD instance on it just fine.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 points 2 days ago

I used it this week. Works great.

[–] rotkehle@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

slsk never really stopped working for me and it still works like a charm.