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I'm hoping to move to China within the next 2-ish years. Are there any VPN's that comrades recommend? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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I don't particularly care about the cost or the hoops I have to jump through, I primarily want the best and most effective VPN's.

I'm also a heavy gamer, so the ones that are most excellent and allow for the least minimal delay when playing online multiplayer/live-service games, would be what I'm looking for.

And while this last one is optional, I would prefer if the recommend VPN's are also usable in the U.S., so I could set them up before I move to Chengdu.

I'm aware I could likely change VPN's, but that could be a headache or a hassle, so I'd rather stick with one. Unless I would have to compromise on quality/ VPN effectiveness.

Also, the more cost efficient for the value, the better. But I primarily care about quality rather than cost effectiveness.

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[–] rigor@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mullvad works, sometimes with some issues, but make sure you set it up before you go. Otherwise there is shadowsocks which is more of a proxy than a VPN. It doesn't help anonymize you as well in the US, but is more reliable in China. You can use an app called clash which works for most devices, there are others eg nekkoray which works on linux. These are mostly just different graphical user interfaces, the main thing is to make sure you either get or set up the proxy and have an app that uses an up to date protocol for it.

Also worth noting, if you have a US sim card, it will probably work for foreign websites and the like while in China. Depending on your data plan, eg. You might have unlimited but very slow data abroad, that can be a good backup in case something is not working.

On a similar note, you could look into getting a sim card from Hong Kong, which should allow you to use it for stuff in China while also having fast data and access to blocked websites.

Congrats on going to China, Chengdu is a great city. Make sure you take the opportunity to visit other places too, with the high speed train (and regular train if you want to save money) it's really easy to visit other cities & provinces and definitely worth taking advantage of.

[–] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I appreciate the help, but I don't have anything concrete yet. I do have a plan though.