Basically I started with mullvad then turned to proton but after they introduced AI and a crypto wallet I’m just looking for what peoples opinions are.

EDIT: Thank you all for your suggestions and opinions :D

  • pathief@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I switched to Proton because I use all the products of their unlimited plan so it makes financial sense to go for that.

    However, I feel like Mullvad VPN is vastly superior. Their no bullshit payment options are fanstastic. 5 euros a month, no matter if you buy 1 month or 10 years. I feel like speed and connection stability was noticeably better as well.

    I miss Mullvad VPN, really.

    • xh3ynd@fedia.io
      1·
      2 months ago

      think I didn’t get it?

      protonvpn is a few pennies cheaper when goin’ for 2 years and even much more when you wait for the black friday offers.

      so if you can’t wait and don’t use a vpn on a daily basis, mullvad is 100% cheaper, so yes kinda.

      • delirious_owl@discuss.online
        2·
        2 months ago

        I wouldn’t pay for 2 years for a privacy service. Eventually you’ll loose privacy. Better to create a new account at least every 6 months.

  • madeindjs@programming.devEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I’m really happy with Mullvad and their pricing. I can pay for only one month if I need it so I don’t have another subscription to pay each month.

  • morgin@lemm.ee
    1·
    2 months ago

    Experience wise i’ve had a better time with mullvad at every corner when it comes to vpns than proton.

    Protons still a respectable company i’d say but there focus is gonna become spread more thin while mullvads gonna continue providing a stable and simple experience.

    Plus mullvads never gonna confuse you when it comes to pricing unlike proton, no extra time spent finding the difference between a monthly and annual subscription.

  • Mr. Camel999@programming.dev
    1·
    2 months ago

    Mullvad is better imo, unless you need port forwarding. I’m currently using Proton since I pay for Unlimited for that encrypted drive space, and using their VPN saves me money since I just think of the payment as just for Proton Drive. This is a change I made just a few days ago though, for about a year I’ve paid for both Proton Unlimited and Mullvad, and I legitimately prefer Mullvad over Proton, it just made sense for me to switch money wise. Can’t really go wrong between the two imo.

  • Ark-5@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    0·
    2 months ago

    I daily drive Proton mostly because of speed for gaming, but I keep a mullvad account handy for special occasions. I have zero interest in the full Proton stack, I don’t want to centralize my data like that. Especially once they joined the AI train, I’m glad I kept my VPN and email separate.

    I host my own private git server and use Unix Pass for my password vault, FastMail for email, Syncthing and SMB for file sharing, don’t really use crypto so I couldn’t care less that they added a wallet. The VPN interface on mobile and Windows/Mac is fine. I’d love to see the Linux options improve, but I just use OpenVPN profiles and it works well enough.

      • Ark-5@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        1·
        1 month ago

        There’s some games that use peer to peer connection that can expose your IP if the person on the other end cares to do the digging. In some competitive games people that are trying and caring way too hard will use this to say DDoS people in order to win games. While I’m probably not good enough, or well known enough for people to be doing this, you’ll hear streamers mention it happening to them every now and then.

    • Hellfire103@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Riseup is good, but I try to use other services as it’s aimed at activists, journalists, refugees, and other people in need who will need the bandwidth a lot more than I do.