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What's the go-to VPN provider today (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by ryan_harg@discuss.tchncs.de to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I used Mullvad for a long time, but hearing about one of the two CEOs actively supporting and financing swedish Nazis, I'm looking to put my money elsewhere. That's the second one after Private Internet Access (who supported Gab).

I had AirVPN and Surfshark being recomnended, how do people here feel? What do you use?

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[–] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I had SurfShark years ago but really do not recommend them. Constant problems with all traffic just stopping and then I had to call someone up to cancel my subscription as there was no option online.

Switched to AirVPN which I don't see talked about much but it's great. The Android app is looking a little dated (the icon in the app drawer is in a tiny circle because they have added support for adaptive icons still) but functionally I can't complain.

[–] atkion@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

+1 for AirVPN. I'm a little worried of what happens if it becomes more mainstream (see what happened to mullvad and their port forwarding features), but they're rock solid and still support port forwarding for p2p. They also do good black friday sales every year, you can get a steal on the 3yr package around that time.

[–] Dezorian@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I've been using Surfshark for over 8 years and don't have any trouble like you mentioned. Then again, I have an ISP (Freedom Internet) I trust more than my VPN (even though i've not read anything bad about them) and use Surfshark only for region checks and torrenting on my NAS. I love the apps (for great on all platforms), speed and lots of exit points to choose from.