Yes, fuck nordvpn
Mullvad FTW. They’ve already proven themselves when they were raided and the feds got nothing.
I switched from Nord to Mullvad recently and it’s much more stable on linux, and on android it’s less glitchy, and the signup process was beautiful. I’m normally very critical of software, and I was really impressed with how smooth it was.
TL;DR - sponsored article disguising as an opinion piece, mentions briefly the many many problems with it, but ends with “I trust my corporate overlords to never use my data for evil”
Yes, NordVPN is garbage. As a SysAdmin, my users that run it on their home PC along with our VPN are a continuous pain in the ass. The product only needs to be 5% of what it is, the rest is Anti-virus bs. It either: does not play well with other VPNs, is impossible to disable, or the people that buy this product are not computer literate enough to use such a complicated peice of shit. All of the above is also a possibility. Since it’s their home PC, we won’t go on it to fix anything and all I can do is blindly troubleshoot. The VPN I use cost me $20 a year and the only thing it does is be a VPN. It should be called NordComplicatedSecuritySuite.
do you have one that you recommend?
Mullvad is the only VPN I trust. They proved themselves when they were raided and the feds got nothing.
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their advertising was just as bad until relatively recently. And their offers are just as bad. Like, 90% off all the time. 90% off a price they never charged and made up. It’s the same as with pizza places, where they say the pizza really costs £20 but if you have this voucher you can get it for £5! What a deal, right?
Nord doesn’t do a whole lot for anyone so it’s pretty worthless.
That being said, I switched to Proton from Nord a few months ago and this shit isn’t working out either. Constantly flapping connection with Proton.
I need a different alternative.
I’ve used NordVPN for a couple of years and never had reason to switch. None of it gets in my way, and it’s just worked.
I’m sure others are just the same, but ive no reason to put in effort to change when I have a working solution.
Plus it’s double effort cus I dont think anyone else does a meshnet alternative so I’d be setting up tailscale too.
Meshnet is going to be discontinued.
There’s also local share that is free open source that does the same thing as meshnet. It’s been around for some time now and can be installed on most devices.
And incognito is not going to be linked to nord anymore. You’d have to pay for that service separate. Nord definitely has been going downhill on services to use. I mean it has locker so there’s that but even then… proton does the same thing. Also there’s proton vpn. At least with proton you get an email and calendar and all that jazz too. Not that there is anything wrong with nord just being a vpn. It’s just shitty they did all this bait and switch bullshit. Leaves à sour taste with trust issues.
Why would I want a calendar with my vpn subscription? It’s like bundling a barbecue with your purchase of a new jacket.
Probably the same reason it had email. For task managing. It’s what you expect with Proton brand being that it was first for email
If you’re referring to their announcement last year about discontinuing meshnet, they’ve retracted that.
I know there are alternatives but why would I go to any effort to set them up when i have something that has worked exactly as I want it to for the last 2yrs? The cost of nordvpn is sufficiently low enough that I wouldn’t switch to something just because it’s free.
You do you. I have trust issues with companies switching their motto every two seconds. I’d rather not be complacent to instability nor discourage anyone who expects some basic standards of consistency where they spend their money.
For me, that’s not compelling. We all have different priorities.
Exactly.
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
