I wanted to thank you for all the feedback you gave us when we initially proposed our project to you. We went back to the drawing board and reworked a few things. Notably, as you can see, a new website, and more communications. We’re still working on the design, but it’s getting there.

We also integrated another payment method with a friendly ecosystem, but we still are, and will always be, preferring Monero to be used. We stand by privacy.

If you would be so kind to have a look and let us know your thoughts, if you feel like you’d use the VPN service, why/why not, and any tips on improving our project would be greatly appreciated.

https://ariavpn.net/

Best, J

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[–] itsmect@monero.town 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I can not take any privacy service seriously which does not accept monero and/or cash. You exceed expectations by not even including kyc'd payment methods.

Your landing page does not load at all without javascript. For a privacy service this is an immediate red flag. It doesn't have to be pretty, but I expect to be able to read all text without JS.

I'm not a fan of your "litepaper". It contains too much marketing (mission statement, ownership, zero knowledge praise) and user guide (website, payment, dashboard, referral). The first block belongs on an about us page, the second on an faq page. As it is right now, it feels a bit like a shitcoin whitepaper. Instead use it to exclusively explain how your tech works, and why I it is better then what your competition does.

Ultimately you could just be another ANOM, and it's up to you to sufficiently proof you aren't. Sorry to be this harsh, but your presentation does not give me the confidence to even try your service.

[–] AriaVPN@monero.town 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hi, thanks for your feedback. We do not want to accept cash because there will be some form of PII. So preferably all is done via Monero.

Thanks for raising the JS issue, and for the feedback on the litepaper. Well noted and we will work on that.

[–] itsmect@monero.town 2 points 3 months ago

Either monero or cash is fine as payment. You don't need to support both.