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Is this new in the past few months? I was using mulvad with qbitorrent a few months ago and it was uploading.
You can download and upload with no port forwarding. For some torrents you might not find peers, but whats even worse you will seed less
I can't recall when it actually stopped working (maybe around 3 months ago?), but here is the announcement: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/removing-the-support-for-forwarded-ports
Fairly soon after they removed PF, I searched for a show that was less than a year from release, rated over 80% on TMDB & over 8.0 on IMDB, and pretty popular. I couldn't complete a full season of it on any one format (720p, 1080p, x264, x265). Probably around 10 incomplete versions in qBit. Never ran into something that bad before, on a somewhat recent show. Started using usenet and had my files within an hour or so, in the format I wanted. I understand and support their decision, but it was a very good feature to have. If your looking for new material, PF won't affect you. I've read people suggest Tailscale as a way to supplement Mullvad (if you're running a server and want to remotely access it), but I know little about it.
That was lucky timing for me! I was updating all my media around June.