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[-] DannyMac@lemm.ee 13 points 4 months ago

I love Mullvad. You don't see them in any ads (No "this video is brought to you by Mullvad VPN") and you can pay them any way you'd like... Including cash!

[-] yannic@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No port forwarding, though. Some old guides still list them as having that capability, so I try to mention it frequently.

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 4 points 4 months ago

I've never used that feature in any of my VPN clients before. What's the actual usecase for it?

[-] filcuk@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Possibly if one might want to be able to access a service behind the VPN without having a load balancer / reverse proxy?

[-] DannyMac@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

That's a turn off for some and I get why they did it

[-] yannic@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

I don't see why having options are turn-offs except maybe for those who provide said options.

[-] DannyMac@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

I don't understand. I mean I see why not having port forwarding would turn someone off from going with Mullvad, but I understand Mullvad's rationale for doing so.

[-] yannic@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I understand their decision to stop offering it, too, especially if I were in their position as a service provider. I still like the feature as a consumer.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

It's the only VPN I've seen advertised irl though. I've seen it advertised in the metro and on buses, which struck me as odd

[-] DannyMac@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

I live in a rural area, so I've not seen any VPN ads IRL. I wasn't aware they had real world ads. Thanks for letting me know!

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah I thought it was super weird even in the city. VPN just doesn't seem mainstream enough to plaster on the metro !

[-] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

That’s crazy lol whereabouts are ya? Midwestern USA on my end. I don’t recall ever seeing an IRL VPN ad.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Metro area on east coast of US

[-] piecat@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

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