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IVPN initially because it is very privacy focused but now I swapped to Nord because it’s basically free if you get cashback offers and it seems to bypass more region restrictions for video streaming etc.
I cant speak for what nord actually offers but i will never use them cause the marketing they did was very agressive and very missleading. Also leaks.
Yup.
But privacy?))
Oh its not like Nord is bad in fact it ranks very well also on that front too but its not why I swapped I guess. I would highly recommend Nord.
https://thatoneprivacysite.xyz/#detailed-vpn-comparison
For example it ranks better there than PIA does which is very popular.
I would note that this list hasn’t been updated in 4 years. How did they gather these rankings exactly? The green/yellow/red categorizations could use some context as well.
Way better source for information about VPNs. https://www.techlore.tech/vpn
This is another great resource, although keep in mind some of the rankings are somewhat flawed, as Tom Spark uses a data-driven approach to ranking. For instance, ExpressVPN is ranked above Mullvad largely because it performs a lot better and is much more polished, but I would always recommend Mullvad over Express.
However, in terms of finding out how VPN’s compare in functionality and performance, there is no better resource.
Not open source? Meh. But it is your choice, nothing against 🙂
Their Linux app is and hopefully they are moving more that way but yeah not as good as others perhaps there.