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Have you found a replacement? I did some light investigation but nothing really felt as solid as Mullvad so I haven't jumped ship yet.


None as solid, no. My needs are fairly specific (exit node in a specific country, torrent-friendly, good speed, not too expensive, not too shady, first-party support for my OS'es, doesn't have to be government-proof), so you'll need to do your own research.

For what's worth, I eventually went with Proton VPN, but it's more expensive and gives a used-car-salesman feeling.


> gives a used-car-salesman feeling.

I really don't like the aesthetic direction Proton's been taking in the last few years, from top to bottom. I'm finding their mail apps, both in desktop web browser and on mobile, less and less usable. In addition I get this feeling from their design choices as well. I know their mission is to grow enough to challenge predatory providers like gmail, but it makes me wary and makes me feel as if I won't be using them in 5 more years.


Proton has unfortunately become incredibly bloated over the past few years. Meanwhile ProtonMail doesn't yet support auto-forwarding or (on mobile) email content search.


Not that person but I've spinned a 1984 instance paid with bitcoin without KYC. Then setup nat+rdr rules that foward to my service through a wireguard tunnel.


Why use wireguard? It is trivially to detect by the ISP or government. Every decent VPN should masquerade as HTTP/2 or HTTP/3.


This might be the way I go. Thanks.


Forgive my ignorance, but what’s a “1984 instance”? (Google could not help me.) Thanks!


I googled "1984 vps" and came up with http://1984.hosting/. I have no idea if this is what GP is referring to.


Oh, I think that used to be 1984.is. Nice people, hydro powered, cooled by ice, strong privacy posture.




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