I think it’s in part because of NAT. Less and less people have a real IP address, so they can’t share the torrents to others, and most VPNs don’t provide an upload port either.
The tracker websites are also increasingly hostile with malicious ads, so those with ineffective ad blockers can’t use them.
Torrent clients can cope behind NAT but can only upload/download from other peers that have a port open so they are more limited in the pool of peers they can make use of.
I think it’s in part because of NAT. Less and less people have a real IP address, so they can’t share the torrents to others, and most VPNs don’t provide an upload port either.
The tracker websites are also increasingly hostile with malicious ads, so those with ineffective ad blockers can’t use them.
Qbittorrent works with my double-nat set up (don’t ask why, my isp sucks) without any set up. I feel like it’s more of a tech literacy issue.
Torrent clients can cope behind NAT but can only upload/download from other peers that have a port open so they are more limited in the pool of peers they can make use of.