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Is ProtonVPN worth it?
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ProtonVPN, NordVPN and Private Internet Access (pia) will pass pretty much every privacy requirement, but if you have a specific requirement there are plenty of comparison charts.
Private Internet Access is capped at 10mbps but it's the best client and user experience.
ProtonVPN: cancelling was a terrible experience, their client was okay but regularly kill switched. Proton also offers a bundle with email that could be worthwhile
NordVPN: I can not remotely recommend then. In my first 3 months I leaked my IP twice because their VPN client will auto disconnect itself if Internet is disconnected and retrying fails. So if there is an outage, when you reconnect are not protected. You do not want that, because their virtual NIC is insanely unstable and disconnected on 2 separate devices twice a day. In order to cancel you have to talk to support who has a 3 day turn around for tickets and will try to do anything to extend your service past the 30 days they offer a refund. Their entire ToS is fuck you, we don't refund, guarantee uptime, or security.
You can always bind your torrent client to the tunnel, so there will be no leak without a connection. Also, nordvpn has a Killswitch, which can terminate any program you want, if the VPN is disconnected.
PIA were taken over by a very dodgy company a couple of years ago, I don't recommend people use them.
"Who knows what a company that had hidden malware in their software in the past is capable of today"
https://www.vpnranks.com/blog/kape-acquires-private-internet-access/
If you use OpenVPN, their client doesn't matter
How long back did you use Nord? Their Lynx protocol works very well and never had issues. I'm planning to switch to Proton mainly due to cost saving. Cancelled my subscription to Nord and it's just a button on the website. Feels the Nord hate is overblown. Would I recommend it to someone doing serious stuff where a leaked ip could mean literal death? No way. But would I trust any VPN out there with my life? Not a chance.