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Proton Pass is now available
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IIRC it's missing a number of features that ProtonVPN Windows has. I last checked into it a year or so ago and the attitude was that it was a very shoddy application missing most features. I found this github issue expressing this sentiment but I don't see much in terms of specifics.
I don't have a paid ProtonVPN but I just downloaded the VPN on a free account and it only has 3 options on it:
I use Mullvad so I opened that up alongside and will list out the features it has on its Linux client in comparison:
The main ones for me are split tunneling and Wireguard. Using a VPN that doesn't support these is a non-starter for me, unfortunately. If any of this is different when you have a paid ProtonVPN account let me know - I don't have very much experience with it.
TBH, if protonVPN under linux was any good I would probably have Proton Unlimited. I can't justify paying for Mullvad and Proton Unlimited, so I DIY my own collection of services to match functionality for about the same price.
I just had a look and as far as i can tell ProtonVPN suppports everything Mullvad does. On windows...
On linux you get fuckall settings. No split tunneling, no dns, no wireguard, no nothing. There seems to be no parity between linux and windows. That is less than poorly supported, it's atrocious tbh.
On windows you even get a fancy map with triangles that shows server locations that can be used to quick connect.
And this is with an unlimited account so i don't believe it's an account level limit.
Edit: I just looked and to be fair they do state in the plan features that Split tunneling is only available on Android and Windows
That's crazy. Proton just not giving a fuck about Linux is a red flag for a privacy company.
At the very least it's super weird.
I don't get why they don't focus on creating partity and add the bare minimum functions like sync for drive and split tunnel for vpn on all devices before spreading out to password managers and so on.
I'm slowly losing confidence in them.