I've used proton for a year or two now and it is fine. Great for use on my phone when I want to use public/airport wifi and it sort of kind of works with gluetun (the rotating port is annoying but it still is a forwarded port).

But I've increasingly been annoyed with Proton as a company and am looking to migrate my email/domain to fastmail in the very near future. I COULD continue to just pay for the vpn (60 USD a year is pretty reasonable) but also feel like this is a good opportunity to "shop around"

Checked the wiki and other FAQs (which all basically crib from said wiki) and they all basically boil down to proton or mullivad... except that mullivad apparently stopped allowing port forwarding which is a bit of an issue for any torrents and the like.

So are there any other good options?

Thanks

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[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I thought about publishing a Terraform module one time that spins up a cheap VPS, installs OpenVPN and then gives you a config with a certificate. You could run it for just a few hours at a time, and use destroy when you're done. But then I got really bored because I have ADHD.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Cryptostorm. Supports port forwarding, and you can buy access tokens through third parties using crypto. You do not register an account or provide them with any information to use the service, other than the token.

But honestly, Proton is the best route to go.

[–] azalty@jlai.lu 1 points 6 days ago

Not audited sadly

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[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Try Orbot. I use it and works pretty great.

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[–] shut@lemmy.pt -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What’s wrong with NordVPN?

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 110 points 1 week ago (5 children)

mullvad

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[–] matey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (38 children)

What's going on with Proton the company?

Edit: ah fuck, thanks for the replies. Sigh.

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 83 points 1 week ago (22 children)

Their CEO praised Trump/the Republican Party. He got widely criticised for it. Proton released a damage control statement but later deleted it after it made things worse.

People are now moving away from Proton as a result.

[–] Honzai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-trump-a-deeper-analysis-and-surprising-findings-aed4fee4305e worth a read regarding that situation.

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[–] Wildfire0Straggler3@lemm.ee 45 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The CEO said that Trump chose a great pick and sided with Republicans and there was a firestorm over it, he doubled down on his position through the official Proton channel.

https://archive.ph/2yWGz

[–] Honzai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-trump-a-deeper-analysis-and-surprising-findings-aed4fee4305e worth a read regarding that situation.

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[–] DARbarian@fedia.io 43 points 1 week ago (9 children)

AirVPN, IVPN, Mullvad, Windscribe

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

AirVPN

I have been a happy customer with them. Not a fan of their GUI Client, but you're not required to use it. Very easy to share access with friends too whenever they need it.

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