submitted 1 month ago by helenslunch@feddit.nl to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I use Proton. But I continue to run into more and more websites and services that detect my VPN and refuse my connection, or just run literally 40 captchas in a row until I just give up.

I use Proton because it has a "suite" of products under a single subscription, but that benefit is losing it's allure as some of their products are pretty shitty from a user experience perspective, their customer support is atrocious, and they don't seem to pay any attention to what their users actually want.

Does anyone track known VPN servers? Is there a specific provider that causes less problems? Does anyone test different VPNs for detection?

Thinking about cancelling my subscription and moving to Mullvad.

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[-] notnotmike@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

Apparently unpopular but I use Mozilla VPN

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

HOW DARE YOU

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Wasn't it just rebadged mullvad?

[-] Tenkard@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Yes. I used it too for a year but the clients were bad

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

You're fine, it's basically just rebranded Mullvad VPN

But at that point, you can just cut out the middle man and use Mullvad directly, I think their clients are much better and offer more features. They also don't require your email address and you can pay anonymously with crypto.

[-] notnotmike@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Actually, the middle man is why I picked them... I'm just trying to give Mozilla extra revenue streams besides donations from Google.

But it is good to know its at least not a bad option. Their client is decent enough, I have no problems with it, so I'm happy to continue to support them and think of it as a monthly donation

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Ok that makes sense, but wtf I just realized that it's $10/month, Mullvad is 5€ which is $5.38 and they even give you a 10% discount if you pay with crypto

[-] ahal@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

It's $5/month with an annual subscription, but then you can't go month to month like Mullvad.

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