I know this is a dumb question… But i cant really aford a vpn like at all, is it possible to torrent without using a vpn in the USA or will i get in some trouble and go to jail if i torrent without a vpn?

The reason i cant get a vpn is because im just broke and im young enough to live with family so i cant really get a job.

  • TachyonTeleEnglish
    6•6 days ago

    I’ve never used a vpn while torrenting in the US. Unless utorrent has one built in. Been doing it for 25 years and never had a problem.

    People probably won’t like that answer, but whatever. It’s true.

    • EpicFailGuy
      8•6 days ago

      Same … except I recently got my first strike from xfinity … for downloading minecraft for a friend … turns out my blacklists don’t catch all the honeypots fast enough

      Ever since I paid for a years worth of PIA and set up a media box to share with my friends and family cause … FUCK EM! If buying isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t theft.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•5 days ago

          I would appreciate any advice you might have on a provider who isn’t a scum-sucking sycophant of the copyright industry. I assure you, your experience is the exception, not the rule.

          • TachyonTeleEnglish
            2•5 days ago

            I doubt there are any examples. I’m well aware of your aCkchully reply, if you’d have read my entire comment.

            • @[email protected]English
              1•5 days ago

              I read your entire comment. What I didn’t read is any information on how I can duplicate your experience. I’d like to subscribe to one of these ISPs, if they are available in my area. Is there a reason I can’t know who is providing this superior service?

              • TachyonTeleEnglish
                1•5 days ago

                You want every provider I’ve used in the last twenty five years?

                • @[email protected]English
                  1•5 days ago

                  27 years, actually. Specifically, since October 12th, 1998.

                  I have been looking for a US ISP with balls to ignore their obligations under the DMCA since the DMCA was implemented.

                  If the number is excessively multitudinous, feel free to leave out an dial up providers you used back in the late 90s/early 2000s. You can also leave out any ISP that has since merged into another, or gone out of business.

                  I would love to hear about even one of the many unicorns you’ve engaged over the past quarter century.