I’d suggest trying usenet first. I found it far more friendly.
Sign up for frugal usenet. Sonarr, radarr, prowlarr, nzbget. Use trash-guides.info to do your set up correctly. No VPN needed since it’s over ssl. It’s cheaper than a VPN. And if you’re torrenting I’d still use a VPN, despite what that other guy says.
I joined PHD but couldn’t get my ratio up since there is no one downloading. Like, literally no one in anything besides brand new shit.