Oof.

I dont feel the need to, its all direct peer to peer so you’re downloading one file from one person. Its not like a torrent where you’re downloading little bits of a single file from many people. However it’s still theoretically possible for a rights holder to share something on the network to bait you and get your IP.

Seconding soulseek. It has a lot mare flac than it used to. I more often will find flac of an obscure album and no 320 mp3 than the inverse.