Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ @lemmy.dbzer0.com Paula_Tejando @lemmy.eco.br 1 wk. ago

Is Top10VPN.com legit?

Hi folks, I'm looking for a VPN with port forwarding capabilities for some very basic torrenting. https://www.top10vpn.com showed up in my search with interesting articles and VPN provider info and evaluations. I just wonder if their tips are trustworthy or if they are completely beholden to someone.

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No. Stay away from these sites. They're only reason to exist is because they have builtin their promo-code into each "try this vpn" button. Giving them a cut of whatever you end up paying for the vpn service. These promo deals that these vpn companies have going are also incredibly lucrative for those promoting them, often giving them 20-40% of the cut.

I think this is unfair because their articles are low quality and often just copied from other sites.

There are mainly 3 vpns you should consider:

MullvadVPN.

ProtonVPN.

IVPN.
I haven't heard of that one, but personally I would recommend mullvad or Proton VPN
- Top10VPN is not a VPN provider, it's a review website. Neither Mullvad nor Proton support Port Forwarding, AFAIK.
  
  Proton does. I switched from Mullvad for that very reason.
  
  Proton does but only paid version and not free.
privacyguides.org is better.
That's a site for sponsored VPNs only. Be aware of those sites.
For torrenting you can use almost any vpn, would recommend to you PIA (not in the privacy perspective only for torrenting)
- Heard about them too, and their price is very reasonable.
I use AirVPN and see others who are happy and recommend it. I moved from mullvad due to them stopping port forwarding and have been happy ever since.
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn/
No, none of them are.
You can torrent without port forwarding As long its basic it works, just less nodes. I would say you can use any VPN, but makes sense to choose one were you do not have to give them your payment details.
All those "top", "best", etc. VPN comparison sites are littered with paid referral links and paid placements. Don't trust anything you see on those type of sites unless you are looking for the top pay-per-click VPN link.

Unfortunately Google and other search engines are filled with those spam sites so you'll see a lot of them if you look around.
It's funny how everyone forgot about windscribe vpn... even their free plan (10gb per month) support port forwarding / torrent traffic.

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