Would be moving from Mullvad, would appreciate opinions on the current landscape of VPN’s from those who keep a better eye out. TIA.
MullvadVPN.
Some time ago I would have recommended Mullvad and Proton, but after Proton’s CEO publicly mentioned Trump favorably in some way I’d say just use Mullvad.
Mullvad seems to be consistently good. I’ve been on it for +5 years. Before I used PIA but they got sold to a sketchy company.
I still think Mulvad is the best that there is at the moment. There’s Proton, which shouldn’t be too bad. I wouldn’t trust anything else, to be honest.
Edit: Depending on your requirements and technical know-how, then perhaps buying a private VPS and running tail scale could also be an option.
I use Nord. No one here has mentioned Nord. Is it shit?
I like airvpn. Ran 24/7 for over a year without issue.
I would use Mullvad
Alright, I guess I’ll stay where I am for now. My main concerns were streaming and privacy.
I was going to recommend the one your moving from. Ha
What are your requirements?
Same. Mullvad #1.
Unless you need port forwarding, then Proton for those activities.
Haha Open to staying, just looking since it’s time to check the landscape out if anything’s changed. My friend has Proton VPN, but so many options these days.
Well some less than impressive news about the Proton CEO came out pretty recently. I’m a current user and thinking hard about switching to something else.
Lemme go find a link. Here we go, I went down this thread last night:
Bingo. When I heard about it, figured I would rather ask here.
Meh. Who cares about the political leanings of some CEO. Separate the art from the artist.
But what is wrong with Mullvad that your leaving it?
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn/
A comparison from a group who matches my style of crazy.
Nothing, more VPN’s feel like they change fast anymore. Mainly I’m getting old lol, gives the guttural feeling of constantly trying to keep up 🤣.
AirVPN is great and has port forwarding.
I highly suggest Windscribe. They’re independent, tested safe, good prices, and good speeds. Been a paying customer for years and had few issues
Even better, you can get their VPN for like $1/month if you choose the ‘build your own plan’. Supports Wireguard as well. Been a happy sailing customer for 5+ years with no incidences, and they saturate my symmetrical gigabit connection with ease.
Nobody is mentioning PIA… Am I missing something that makes them a non-ideal option?
Bought by an Israeli firm:
https://hackread.com/private-internet-access-pia-vpn-sold-israel-privacy-concerns/
Several years ago, they were bought by Kape (formerly Crossrider), which is a company that started off making malware (browser toolbars that bundled unwanted software and other advertising software). I jumped from PIA to Proton once I found out. I’m paying more, but I can trust Proton more. They’re not a malware company, after all.
I really love IVPN but I feel it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
I also cache the hell out of DNS myself (along with crazy strict blocking) which makes it much snappier than just going the default way.
You can squeeze out more performance out of their IPv6 (which is strange since the endpoints themselves don’t support IPv6), IPv4 seems a bit slower.
iVPN is my second choice after Mullvad
I regret paying for something other than Mullvad
Proton VPN
Proton is sucking trumps chode these days
