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What Mullvad fiasco? I'm still using them :|
It's not really a fiasco at all. OP seems to be blowing it way out of proportion. For the vast majority of users it's not a big deal at all. They are disallowing port forwarding due to how many letters/threats they've gotten from their datacenters and law enforcement.
This is very annoying, because it makes it hard for other peers to connect with my server and it will make it harder to seed. This is bad, I will likely switch next year.
Mullvad stopped port forwarding due to being harassed by law enforcement agencies.
What about port forwarding opens Mullvad up to more scrutiny from law enforcement?
Here is Mullvad's statement on the changes and why, which should hopefully elaborate details pertaining to your question.
Ah, that makes a lot of sense.
Basically dirty fuckers ruining it for everyone else.
Torrenting? I don't know, I'm not an expert.
In general, torrenting doesn't require port forwarding.