The way that some "free vpns" work is that they use you as an outnode and sell your bandwidth to other users. 'Hola VPN' is an example of a company that did this. This most certainly puts you into more danger than it would save you from.
Riseup is a good concept, no login needed, but slow
Proton has a free tier but it's a little slow & doesn't allow torrents
If you can't do without it, pay for it. Joining a "free" VPN would almost certainly open you up to all sorts of badware and surveillance. It's a lib thing to say, but if you aren't paying for it, you're the product.
Others may have opinions on VPNs generally, but I'd only trust them for piracy or something. If you are doing anything else that you want to hide, I wouldn't trust a single one in the anglosphere.
I wasn’t joking when I said I was broke. Like broke broke
If you have nothing but time then install Tor and get used to solving captcha after captcha.
Well it's your digital safety comrade. I'm not sure what you're doing with a VPN that you desperately need to keep doing even though you can't afford it, but I can't reasonably believe that a free VPN would be the way to go in your situation...
I would still like to be able to consume media without getting threatening letters from my ISP
If the answer is just “no” that’s fine it’s why I asked
streaming sites (and ublock origin) shouldn't get you ISP letters, nor should direct download
I feel you, the slop is one of the few things keeping me going in this shithole. You may be able to use a free SOCKS5 proxy to achieve it, and I guess if you only use it when 
you'll probably be ok. I would still be highly suspect.
im not sure ...
they have little to no need to justify what they're doing. Ease up a tad.
Yeah they do. They are only pirating stuff, not doing super secret spy shit. What they may expose themselves to with a "free" VPN could be malware or really anything. I'd rather risk a scary letter from my ISP instead. It would be irresponsible not to educate them on the potential pitfalls.
I do not pay for the internet access where I live and the person footing the bill would not appreciate getting the letters
No. They have no reason to justify what they are doing. Not to you, not to anyone. Go Outside
The user asked for technical advice because they don't trust "normies". Explaining what you are using a piece of software for is table stakes in order to provide relevant advice. We can use a different word from "justify" if it makes you upset.
upset
Oh fuck off.
No, they all suck. A paid one is like $5/mo. Try Mullvlad, they take every kind of payment, crypto and even cash. No logs kept.
ProtonVPN is prob the best free vpn, but if you try to torrent with it it'll disconnect and give you some message about how that feature isn't allowed on the free version. Mullvad is like $5 for a month and worth it.
If it's just for torrenting you could also try I2P, it's slower and less choice but it works.
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I like ProtonVPN, it’s by ProtonMail so some opsec conscious people here might be more critical of it than others, but I’ve had a good experience with both services. The VPN has a free version that you can upgrade later, so there’s limited features, but importantly no ads or insane data tracking. For any normal web surfing, I find it more than enough.
The VPN has a free version that you can upgrade later, so there’s limited features, but importantly no ads or insane data tracking.
My comrades if a Swiss VPN company is offering you a free version, your data is being tracked.
Believe me I know, Swiss banks even make you pay a fee to open an account it’s insane. But given the free restriction it’s the best one I’ve seen.
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