vastly providing a lot of sponsorships to media creators, claiming a lot about 'safety' for using their product.īecause.

I'm personally concerned about the way several VPN brands are. be patient, and dont swing to a tl:dr policy the post, please. I am no consumer of VPN products, I live and work in EU. There's no point in getting a VPN if you can't trust the VPN company, and companies like PIA, NordVPN and others give me no reason to. This kind of stuff needs to be open source and have all their security reports public. I've really seen that with Mullvad, Proton and IVPN. I think any respectable VPN company has to be as transparent as possible. I've also considered using ProtonVPN (I use ProtonMail already) but I've just been very satisfied with Mullvad.

It's €5 a month flat, no special bulk deals, no pressuring you to get it now. They're more expensive, but there's no shady practices. I've been using Mullvad VPN for years and I'm really happy with them. So I personally think this is a bad sponsor to have. In 30 seconds you just can't get across who needs a VPN, who doesn't and why. Most people don't need a VPN, but a lot of sponsorship segments make it seem like you do to stay safe, that just simply isn't true. I think it's all very misleading and especially when these companies CONSTANTLY use tactics like big countdown clocks for sales where it's your 'last chance' to get this amazing deal pressures people into buying a VPN when they probably don't need one. Stuff like their front page saying 'JUST €1.79 PER MONTH' but then it needing a single payment of €70 for a 3 year plan. I think PIA employs too aggressive business practices to lock people into their service. I have large concerns with the VPN industry too, especially with brands owned by Kape.

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