I’m thinking about paying for a VPN, I currently don’t use one.
I’d like to use Mullvad but they don’t seem to have regional prices, while Proton does.
I wonder if Proton is still a reliable option, Proton is 60% cheaper in my country, probably because regional pricing (but I didn’t check if it’s really the case).
If anyone has any other suggestion I’d like to hear it.
I used to have Mullvad and switched to Proton because I use pretty much their entire suite…
If you don’t need port forwarding, I think Mullvad is superior in everything. Such a great service, highly recommend it.
There’s Port Forwarding with Proton VPN too
Yes there’s port forwarding with proton, but not with mullvad they removed it.
Oooh, that’s sad I wanted to switch to Mullvad VPN in the future. For now I’m stuck with Proton since I use their entire setup. Well, mostly mail and VPN.
Can port-forwarding be useful for self-hosting? I haven’t tried using it wih Proton before.
I’m not sure. I mainly use it for downloading linux isos.
In the paid plan
I would recommend mullvad.
the ceo of proton did idicate support of the trump and the republican party and while they backtracked and apologized and all that, is it out that atleast some in the company think like that and i dont trust them anymore.
and trust is number 1 priority for vpn.
Mullvad. Excellent service, never had an issue. Used to use Proton, but their CEO sucks ass
Mullvad because it accepts cash payments.
FYI, Proton also accepts cash.
Definitely Mullvad, the whole point of VPN is to stay private and Proton does not accept crypto while Mullvad does.
If the VPN has your payment details then any privacy just goes out the window.
I like mullvad i use their dns filtering and their socks5 proxies however it does lack port forwarding so it sucks for torrenting.
Mullvad is more private but Proton VPN still supports port forwarding.
Both options are good. I think for the most part it boils down to wanting a single product or suite of products.
While you certainly can get just one proton service, the idea of having an easy entry point into multiple privacy focused solutions is what they are going for.
The pro argument for that is cheaper overall, simpler to get into and mange, etc. The con argument is an eggs in one basket philosophy isn’t ideal because you can have a single point of failure. This is all subjective to your personal threat model.
I’d rather compare IVPN vs Mullvad.
Proton mail has an alias feature that I rather enjoy. Does anyone know an alternative service for that. I was looking to leave the proton ecosystem. Switching to mullvad is easy enough for vpn but im also looking at email etc.
i too miss the alias service, and i dont really know an alternative aswell.
The issue is kinda, that any alias service is basically just forwarding your mails … so it is really hard to trust anyone with that
and a private domain is not really a solution, for privacy
and like tuta does offer 15 or 30 (but 30 is super expensive) permanent aliases… which is like nice but does fill up super quickly if used like how it is used for proton
Proton mail
OP asked about VPNs.
I personally prefer the Mullvad client since, at least on MacOS, it allows you to exclude specific apps from the VPN, while the ProtonVPN client does not! I still use ProtonVPN instead though, since it’s also significantly cheaper for me.
Proton had a Black Friday sale and that’s the reason it prevailed over Mulvad. Every penny matters when you’re a pensioner.
Does anyone here regard ivpn as a good vpn as well?
What about AirVPN? I haven’t chosen any VPNs yet, mostly because I’m still not sure which to go with, but I never see anyone talk about Air, even though I once heard Proton or Air were the best choices.
I dont use the well known ones, seems to me that those would be the first to have backdoors since people pick them.
I have a vpn that is never mentioned anywhere. Perfect.
