Mullvad stopped doing it because it can’t be done anonymously.

Where did Mullvad give this as the reason? There was no mention of anonymity in their announcement post. It was a decision driven by legal issues and the blacklisting of their IPs.

Why are we removing forwarded ports?

Port forwarding in general has added value if you are wanting to allow a friend or family to access a service running behind our VPN. This could be a legitimate website, a game server, or even access to your self-hosted server.

Unfortunately port forwarding also allows avenues for abuse, which in some cases can result in a far worse experience for the majority of our users. Regrettably individuals have frequently used this feature to host undesirable content and malicious services from ports that are forwarded from our VPN servers. This has led to law enforcement contacting us, our IPs getting blacklisted, and hosting providers cancelling us.

The result is that it affects the majority of our users negatively, because they cannot use our service without having services being blocked.

The abuse vector of port forwarding has caught up with us, and today we announce the discontinuation of support for port forwarding. This means that if you are a user of forwarded ports, you will not be able to add or modify the ports you have in use.

We have removed the ability to add port forwards on all accounts.

Mullvad is half the price if you want the flexibility of a monthly plan. I actually pay the same as a Proton customer but I think they either gave me a permanent loyalty discount or I’m on grandfathered monthly pricing because as a new customer you have to pay twice as much.

This thread is about activating Windows, not installing it. As I suspected, you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.

I’ve been using Ubuntu on multiple PCs for years. If you think installing and learning a beginner-friendly distro is quicker or easier than running a massgrave script then you are genuinely clueless.

Haven’t tried what…?

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Every time it’s recommended people shit themselves over the .ru domain. I don’t think people realise just how much pirated content comes out of Russia, it’s very normal and nothing to be afraid of.

Nah, these “hacks” are very easy. Easier than installing and learning even the most basic of Linux distros.

I love this website, I have been a reader for most of those 20 years. Glad to hear they are keeping it going!

RiseUp is slow and intended for activists and the politically vulnerable. It’s not for poor people who cannot afford a $5 a month VPN. You will be fucking over people with much more legitimate use cases than yours if you start using it for torrenting.

Most of them are built around lazy algorithmic feeds like this. It’s very hard to search for specific things, you’re just expected to eat whatever they serve up to you.

I’m not sure about the medium-term future, but in the short-term you’ll still be able to install APK files after the changes go through. Google is retaining installation via ADB for now, and applications like anyapk make it so that you don’t need to plug your phone into a PC and open up the terminal.

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

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This isn’t true and dismissing the anti-cheat issues because you don’t play these games is quite ignorant when they are some of the most played in the world. Just off the top of my head, all Battlefield games, PUBG, Apex Legends, Valorant, Rainbow Six Siege, Escape from Tarkov, League of Legends, Fortnite, Destiny 2…

I think it’s easily good enough for general use. It’s only certain types of gamers (anti-cheat support is still pretty terrible), and people who are heavily attached to a specific Windows program that they spend a lot of time using, that will have trouble switching across full time. For everyone else, Linux is superior because it runs so much faster than the now incredibly bloated Windows. Depending on the distro, it’s also arguably simpler than Windows too.

The free plan is very limited in terms of server locations so it might not be a good option for gaming.

I have some friends who’ve used Mudfish in the past. It’s a tunneling service with a Pay-Per-Traffic mode which is affordable if you only need it occasionally.

Yes, this seems like a good option for OP to try first considering they don’t need torrenting.

Shaming others on social media, of course. How very brave and noble of them!

It will suggest misspelled words if you keep using them.