Which VPN to choose and why

  • PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works
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    14 hours ago

    I’ve used Mullvad for years, but the lack of port-forwarding is becoming a pain in the proverbial. I’d been considering OVPN, but does anyone have any experience with that, IVPN or Proton? What do you consider the better option?

    • Leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 hours ago

      IVPN don’t allow port forwarding either.

      I realise port forwarding is something lots of people want but the reasons are nothing to do with privacy. Mullvad remains, in my opinion, the best solution for those whose priority is privacy.

    • Kent@feddit.dk
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      13 hours ago

      I’ve been using OVPN with port forwarding for a couple of years, it works great for my use cases.

      I haven’t used other providers, so I can’t really compare to others though.

      • skankhunt42@lemmy.ca
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        10 hours ago

        Same. I’ve used OVPN for years, port forwarding seems to work as I get the green check in rutorrent. I haven’t tried others.

    • Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      I’m using Mullvad at the moment as well and looking to change for the same reason. I’ve been looking at switching to AirVPN once all my credit runs out on Mullvad. They have a similar model to Mullvad, but they allow port forwarding.

    • poloqualle@feddit.org
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      12 hours ago

      Protons port forwarding works fine for me. I use it mainly via gluetun as a vpn layer for some docker containers.

      • PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works
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        8 hours ago

        Bear with me here, as I know sweet FA about docker containers, but am I right unthinking you only really use it in your container, as opposed to running it on whole devices, or your router? What’s the advantage of that?

    • Petersnowden@lemmy.mlOP
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      11 hours ago

      OVPN and IVPN are both solid , you can go for either ! Proton doesn’t support port forwarding on any tier

      • dmention7@lemm.ee
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        11 hours ago

        Proton VPN absolutely does support port forwarding, just not on the free tier.