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Is there any reason to have port forwarding on a VPN if I'm only going to use Soulseek?
Because soulseek requires port forwarding.
If your port isn't forwarded you can only connect to those who's port is forwarded, effectively locking yourself out of peers who also don't have a port forwarded as well.
The protocol doesn't allow transmission with closed ports, so you can download but upload is impossibile.
Not necessarily, I'm stuck without a port rn (thanks Mullvad) and I can still upload. The issue is if you don't have a port forwarded you can only connect to people that do, but if you do have a port forwarded you can connect to everyone thus making your list of potential peers longer.
Ah perfect
it lets you use soulseek