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What the hell Proton! (r.nf)
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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 29 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

The VPNs you characterise as "shitty" aren't necessarily a bad choice; they're cheaper than the legitimate privacy VPNs. Mullvad is famously 5€ per month, Proton is 4.49€ per month, but NordVPN is 3.09€, Surfshark is 2.19€, and PIA is 1.79€ per month.

If you're really just here to pretend you're in another country (rather than privatemaxing) or hide your torrenting activity from your ISP, the cheaper options can be a perfectly legitimate choice.

[–] 01011@monero.town 11 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Mullvad doesn't try and lock you in with any auto-renewal shenanigans and was the second service that I know of to offer payment via xmr. The first was ivpn but their server speeds were trash.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That's true. Mullvad will even let you send cash by post to them which is definitely not something you can do with other services.

However, in terms of private payment options, you can always use BTC's Lightning Network with the other options if that concerns you.

[–] 01011@monero.town 9 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

I believe Proton VPN allows for cash mail in. https://protonvpn.com/support/payment-options/

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

It seems you're right. I did not know that.

[–] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

they do. They also accept bitcoin

[–] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

The first was ivpn but their server speeds were trash.

Their server speeds are great now. I tried them. They just have a very small number of servers compared to those other three

[–] theonetruedroid@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Love it. If you want to stay anonymous, might as well go the whole way. Granted TOR should not be used with a VPN.