I’m a huge Soulseek user/advocate and if you’d like some tips, DM me and I’ll give you my username to chat.

bingo bango

That choice is a privilege in itself. Tell that to those who have loved ones dying in dystopian US hospitals.

Ideally, sure. I don’t think most people assume it’s safe here, at least not anymore. I’d wager that most people, if they had the option, wouldn’t come here lol it’s not like only tourists are coming through the border.

Regardless of how it happened, entering a fascist state means that you must be prepared to wipe all your devices before crossing the border. They’ll naturally fabricate justifications to employ totalitarian measures as it’s their directive to do so. If they seize your items and violate your privacy, which they will do, at least there’s nothing but a blank slate. These days I feel it’s more important than ever to have two devices, with one being a basic phone for communication only and the other a smartphone that’s backed up and ready to be wiped at a moments notice, then stuffed into your luggage.

FitGirl and cs.rin.ru are all I use. Don’t really need much more than that

Could be the case, I’m not sure. I live outside the US in a country where I don’t need to use one. Maybe I’m ignorant but Streamio isn’t like direct torrenting—afaik you don’t need a VPN at all, unless you require one for your entire connection regardless.

Strange, I use TorBox fine and pay the $5 a month but tbh Torrentio almost renders it pointless. I’d just use that. I don’t know anything about SurfShark.

I found it, for some reason the community wasn’t showing when I searched before. I’ll try there

You mean on reddit? Trying to avoid making an account

Streamio exists.

Just on my laptop mostly. Never really tried the other apps since I mostly set it up because I travel a lot.

I use it every day and haven’t had any issues. I use Torbox and Torrentio. I don’t want to downplay your problems but it’s pretty solid for me. I’d say maybe once every couple weeks I’ll get some glitch where it shows there’s no seeders when I know for a fact there are. Other than that, it runs without issue.

Glad your fix worked though. I’ll keep it in mind if I ever run across anything.