VPN needed for using Soulseek? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Hiya,

Working on completely replacing Spotify completely. Soulseek has popped up a few times here and there among forums and here on lemmy, so I thought I'd give that a go. I've started with getting Nicotine+ client and seems to be working fine. However, what does the traffic look like when downloading/uploading things over the Soulseek network? I read its peer-to-peer network, but does that mean I don't need a VPN? I'm also told to open a port on my router, I'm assuming this is so that I can share my own library with the rest of the network, but how safe is this?

If anyone could help my clarify this I'd greatly appreciate it!

Edit: Just found this very promising project too! https://github.com/slskd/slskd

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[-] Blxter@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 weeks ago

I have used soulseek (nicotine) for awhile now with no VPN and have not gotten a ISP letter or anything for around a year now (but this is anecdotal and others could vary). It would probably be safer to do with VPN but here we are. As for the port openings it does have to do with sharing and being able to browse others lists. some users only allow downloads and such if you are also sharing files but depending on music you will find someone. I have been meaning to move to slskd for awhile now

[-] Blxter@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago

For clarity only reason I have kept doing this is my understanding of how a complaint would be filed to me. Since Soulseek is "peer-to-peer" in the sense that you're connecting from one peer to another peer directly. There is little chance of a copyright trolls to scan for your IP address unlike joining a torrent tracker where they can write down all IP they see in that swarm. If I am completely off please let me know lol