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I’ll never trust Proton, not with all the “headlines” they can’t seem to stop making
Out of curiosity which VPN do you recommend? I have Bazzite and it seemed like Proton was the best choice.
not op but you should just self host. VPSs are cheap - entry tariffs are like 3-5$/month for most providers, and thats more than enough to set up a Wireguard or anything else, traffic limits are rarely an issue. if your hosting goes to shit, it's easy enough to recreate the config elsewhere
@aketawi whats with "selfhost" on vps? Still, you need to trust your vps provider... Also you need to manage it. I though selfhost is a term for selhosting files for example from your home server.
not necessarily, you could Host anything by yourSelf on a rented VPS and it will still be "more selfhosted" than buying a commercial VPN. if you're buying just to use it as a proxy, trust is also a nonissue since your traffic will be encrypted anyhow and you store no sensitive data. just don't use a plain http proxy lol