My subrsiption with surfshark is ending soon and I was wondering if there was something better around the same price. There are a lot of ads about many VPNs but a lot of them don’t look so “safe and private” as they want you to think so it’s hard to really figure it out. I don’t want to spend too much since I don’t use them very often but I kinda like the “change catalog of netflix” thing and to be safe while doing some “”“”“”“shady”“”“”" stuff

    • delnac@lemmy.oneEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      I believe it does have an issue surrounding their disabling port forwarding, which becomes problematic if you try to torrent, or so I understood.

      They are A+ on privacy and transparency, that being said.

      • Leraje@lemmy.mlEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        They have recently removed support for port forwarding. That won’t stop a user being able to torrent but it will stop seeding and will affect discoverability and speed somewhat.

        Has no negative impact on their privacy features

        • delnac@lemmy.oneEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Thanks for the correction and adding more information! I’ve considered using it, hence my quick search and vague information about it.

          Not being able to seed is a bit of a deal-breaker for me, but that’ll depend from one person to the other.

    • Leraje@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Another vote for Mullvad. You can pay by cash, vouchers (in some countries) or Monero for total privacy.

      • Gatsby@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I wonder how many chickens it would take to mail them for a month of service