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Online streaming giant Netflix has quietly removed its ad-free Basic plan, forcing users to pay more or sit through adverts to keep costs down.

Netflix Pricing Shakeup Removes Cheapest Ad-Free Plan In U.K. and U.S.::Online streaming giant Netflix has quietly removed its ad-free Basic plan, forcing users to pay more or sit through adverts to keep costs down.

      • Cave@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        If anyone wants a suggestion for one Mullvad is fantastic. They somewhat recently withstood a real life test of being raided and proved they keep no logs. There is no bulk pricing but the service is top tier.

        • CmdrShepard@lemmy.oneEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          They’re no longer good for torrenting as they removed port forwarding at the beginning of the month.

          • PeachMan@lemmy.oneEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Port forwarding isn’t necessary for torrents…

            However, I would agree that they’re not the best for torrenting, Mullvad is for truly paranoid people that are REALLY concerned about privacy. If you just want to torrent without getting letters from your ISP, cheaper options like Nord, Proton, and PIA are fine.

            • CmdrShepard@lemmy.oneEnglish
              3·
              1 year ago

              It’s necessary if you want to seed anything or join a private tracker. Torrenting without port forwarding just leads to a bunch of dead torrents and the inability to share/download that content in the future.

              • PeachMan@lemmy.oneEnglish
                3·
                1 year ago

                Eh? What does port forwarding have to do with dead torrents? I was under the impression that trackers tracked your IP to see if you were seeding, and that doesn’t require port forwarding. Also, I’d argue that your private tracker isn’t private enough if you need a VPN to use it. I use one private tracker without a VPN to avoid all those issues, and the rest of my torrenting is on public trackers with a VPN. Seems to have worked so far.

                • CmdrShepard@lemmy.oneEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  If you don’t have port forwarding, most other users can’t make a connection to your computer. How that ends up leading to dead torrents is that you’re reducing the size of the swarm by not seeding. Additionally, it may still show you as a seeder which can cause issues if you’re the only user as nobody will be able to actually make a connection with you to download the file.

                  As far as private trackers go, I have no reason to ‘trust’ any of them since I don’t personally know any of the people running them. You can choose to turn your VPN off with them even though you already have one running for public sites, but I don’t see how that benefits you in any way. It’s just a needless risk.