showing my age

Apr 7, 2025 4:57 AM

and if anyone has a good place where I can read about it to get information about what exactly it is

memes

philosoraptor

6 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I like Proton

6 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Streamio. Real Debrid

6 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Proton, works greatat

6 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

From a cursory amount of research I did like two years ago I've been using torguard which I hope is still good. Definitely recommend you avoid garbage like nordvpn that you see paying for youtube sponsorships.

6 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

airvpn works well for me.

5 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Do not use free vpns. At absolute best they sell all your data, at worst botnets etc.

6 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

If you get one watch ITV X.
Its got prime suspect, Sharpe

6 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

Beware of free ones because they will make money off selling your data somehow

6 months ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

I mean, so do the paid ones. The bigger problem with the free ones is that they're slow and everyone is trying to use them.

6 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I use Private Internet Access (PIA). I've had it for years and sail the seas all the time with no issues. After my 1st year was up and my option to renew was available, I prepaid 3 years worth for a very good deal. I use it on 4 PCs and have the option for phones or tablets. I don't go online thru my phone so I only use my PC where I can have the most direct control.

6 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

A lot of British shows are just on YouTube these days, no VPN required

6 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=what+is+a+cheap+vpn+that+is+easy+to+use

6 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 26

“How dare another human ask for knowledgeable recommendations instead of wandering blindly in the dark."

I wonder how many of those results will be full of missed abortions citing the same thing like Google's still usable at all without appending +reddit

(Sorry OP. I have my streaming sites but know nothing about vpns either. That's why I came here.)

6 months ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

It is wild to me that probably a year ago this would be completley fine, and now today it was a completely dick move. Im really just suggesting this is an image forum first and foremost, where a search engine for a specific question like OP asked is a faaaaar better first route than hoping someone here would have an answer, on a singular post.

6 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I don't like how this literally typed everything in for me and then took me to Google simply by clicking on a link

6 months ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Also, i use surfshark, its pretty cheap, installs in like a minute, and its just 2 clicks to turn on and off. super handy in my opinion

6 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

it's a joke site made to 'show' people how to google; generally a seriously dick move since google is shit and needs some knowledge just to know what's BS and wha'ts not now. It's all ads at the top of every search page and not really answering your question.

6 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

It literally shows me the results from Cnet, reddit, pcWorld and security.org. The ads are the first terrible results ontop, there is still the real stuff right below.

6 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Private Internet Access works. If you can get a promo code it's something like 50 euro's for a two or three year subscription.

6 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I use PIA for years and never had an issue.

6 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Just download the torrents

6 months ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 1

Of course I know what that is. But my cat doesn't know what that is and I'm bad at explaining things perhaps you can help?

6 months ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

Hey bud remember, you’re one of today’s lucky 10,000. There’s no shame in not knowing something.

6 months ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

You can get started with torrents by downloading a torrent program. Reddit seems to prefer https://www.qbittorrent.org/ these days. Apparently it has a built in search so you don't even need anything else. But the last time I was still torrenting I installed https://www.utorrent.com/ to handle the downloads and I was finding the torrent files themselves on https://www.pirateproxy-bay.com/ . Reddit seems to think even the proxy site is compromised now and the built in search of qbit is safer. 🤷

6 months ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Fair warning, even when the file is broken apart, packet sniffers can still identify what you're downloading if they're looking for it. If you're American and searching for obscure stuff like British shows, your Internet company is unlikely to give a shit. But it's not super uncommon to receive a warning letter from your ISP telling you that they've detected you downloading illegal content. They can fine you with a charge directly to you bill and/or cut your internet service for it.

6 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Can vouch for qBittorrent myself. Do not use uTorrent, unless you download their older version (before it was enshittified). qBT has search plugin support: https://github.com/qbittorrent/search-plugins

ALWAYS use a VPN when you run your torrent client (ie qBittorrent). Private Internet Access, or Mullvad. These two VPN providers do not track you, they don’t keep user logs, and have had multiple court cases to back that up. They essentially tell law enforcement to kick rocks.

6 months ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

A torrent is a method for sharing and downloading files over the internet using a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, where files are broken into smaller pieces and distributed among users, rather than relying on a single server.

6 months ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

You upload while you download from a lot of people at the same time, thus everyone wins

6 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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