OK, so, I have a couple of questions:

  • What’s the worst that can happen if I don’t use a VPN while pirating?
  • Are free tier VPNs (like Proton VPN) good enough?
  • I don’t want to pay much or anything for a VPN, is a way I can get a good free one, or set one myself somehow (I have experience with selfhosting) ?
  • If not, which cheap one do you recommend?

EDIT: I pirate mostly movies, and rarely some TV series.

  • Procapra [comrade/them, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    If you are doing any downloads (especially torrents) you should be using a VPN.

    1. Your ISP will usually send a letter telling you to stop, in some cases they’ve been known to cut peoples service.
    2. Free vpns sell your data and usually have caps, but would probably prevent you from getting letters in the mail.
    3. What is cheaper? A vpn account or paying for 2-3 streaming services?
    4. I use a nordvpn account I bought from a reseller. Back when I got it nordvpn was still pretty good, but idk how people feel about it nowadays.