I think that's the point.

That was partially our plan as well - rotate across streaming services - but the convenience of not having to do that definitely overtook that plan in under a year.

Yarr.

It has an effect on downloading because it at least one end has to have port forwarding exposed. A seeder without port forwarding can connect to you if you have port forwarding enabled. If neither side has their port exposed, no connection can be made.

I'm afraid to ask, but what is HR in this context?

Thanks!

Oh. Oh well.

I was just thinking of shutting down my container this past week, so that settles it. Maybe I'll try rreading-glasses to see if it's any better.

I think this fits the definition of pirating as presented in the OP.

Works fine if you've got Proton VPN set up as a gateway at your router.