Hi there I’m new to soulseek, I was wondering if I should be using a vpn while using SS, I mostly use my phone to hotspot my laptop where I download the music to bypass wifi restrictions. Should I get a vpn for my phone ?
I’ve used it for about twenty years and never used a vpn with it. But up to you really. Are you on android? Have you tried Seeker on your phone?
No need. VPN usually gives bs with port forwarding. Also the risk is pretty low.
Depends which country you live in, In Germany for sure, in the UK no need.
I’ve been seeking for over twenty years and not a single letter from my isp or any anywhere else. That’s not to say that I’ll never get one. But until I do, I’m rocking it without a vpn
It really depends on how you’re going to use it and what country you’re in. Unlike torrents, your IP wont appear in a large list of IPs connected to a torrent swarm which is often how copyright holders send out notices to ISPs. When you download/upload something on SoulSeek, you connect directly to the other person who (can) see your IP. The chance of them being a copyright holder, however, is extremely slim.
If you only ever plan on downloading and not sharing a large amount of content, you likely don’t need a VPN for this. People have and do from time to time get copyright notices from their ISP when using SoulSeek exclusively, so you should evaluate how aggressive your country’s piracy laws are and your ISP/Mobile Provider’s TOS before deciding what path to take here.
I share a LOT of stuff on SoulSeek; music, games, movies, console roms, ebooks, etc. So, I use a VPN to eliminate any anxiety about it, you never know who you’re connecting to and vise versa. People have used SoulSeek just to leech and share for years without ever getting a single letter from their ISP, though some have. It’s exceedingly rare but it does happen.
I would use a VPN every time, but its not needed for most users.
I haven’t used one. I’ve been using SS like 8 months 
I never used one in the many years I used it. Bear in mind that it is hard to properly do port forwarding on a lot of VPN so it is not worth the bother.
Never had issues with Soulseek, mostly torrents
Every other day this question…
It might mess with your ports and not connect fully
I’ve been having trouble setting up My Soulseek / Nicotine+ with my Proton VPN and port forwarding. Can you please share any advice or tips or info that you might find helpful? Maybe a step by step guide? I know it sounds silly but I’ve messed with it quite a bit and the Nicotine+ port check always says it’s closed…
https://github.com/minicoz/nicotine-plus-gluetun-auto-port-set
Check this out.
If you don’t know docker this can be tricky.
Thank you, I’ll look into it
I don’t know docker but I’m always willing to learn more
Thank you