Where are you based? You might decide whether you think torrent without VPN is too risky based on the local law. I’m in a country where there is a three strikes system, with two notices before risking a fine, I’ve used torrents for circa 20 years without VPN and I’m still waiting to receive my first notice.

More like fifty years, at least. He was sued for denying renting apartments to black people back in the seventies…

gooey

Fuck the copyright mafia. All the fascist tech bros trained their enslopification brainrotting engines on anna’s archive without anyone in power batting an eye but I guess burn everything because someone might want to listen to a song.

Not everything sent in PR is an improvement from everyone pov though. It might be an improvement for the contributor of a new feature they might be the only one to ever use, while it adds maintenance burden for you, more dependencies, risks of bugs etc for the community, which you have to balance somehow. Plus you might have a view on how to do things properly on your project, which needs to be communicated to contributors, which is additional work you might not have time for, especially if this is just some small side project.