I was considering buying their lifetime subscription at the end of this month, but all the bots posting reviews and commenting on Reddit don’t help.
I heard about this VPN in one of my recent threads here, and I believe Lemmy is cleaner than Reddit, so here I am, ready to read what you think about the service.
Would you use it to torrent? I said I only needed to watch movies, but eventually the stuff I watch is in a “niche” language, and the sites are overcrowded, so downloading from torrent is probably the best way (at the moment I’m downloading from the streaming sites through an app and Proton, but it’s getting a bit slow).
^ It’s not even Proton that’s the problem; it’s the sites that are slow as heck, and downloading an episode each evening sometimes is too much of a PITA. (while watching it like a normal user, well after dinner is basically a 1-minute wait every 10-15 seconds or something like that)
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I’ve been using it for my torrents. No complaints.
Well, sometimes gluetun has been unable to connect to a server. But I worked around that by just adding multiple servers.
I can’t speak to speed, because the only thing I run through it is my torrents. I just set and forget, and later on, the download is complete.
They call it “fastest” but it’s just marketing. I bought the lifetime subscription a few years ago but stopped using it because it’s dreadful. I use VPN unlimited on tablets/phones more often
Same as you. I don’t remember exactly where it was from but I had a promo for lifetime for $1. I used it once and never used it again. For “fastest” it sure was slow as hell!
It lacks port forwarding so it’s not the fastest when it comes to torrenting. You’ll want one hosted outside of the 14 eyes, with port forwarding, hosted in a country that is not compliant with DMCA, and a strict no-log policy.
ExpressVPN or ProtonVPN paid plans will likely be best for you. But this is from memory so do your research on each to make sure the criteria hold true.
I would also suggest looking into this thread as a starting point on VPNs: !https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/55251807
What do they gain if they get paid once but have to provide services forever? What is their business plan/ model?
They get more cash up front for capital expenses, like buying servers. Operating expenses, like hosting fees, can be paid out of this or the subscriptions.
Eventually, they’ll go out of business. Every company does on a long enough time scale. Or maybe they’ll get bought. Either way, they’re certainly not expecting to go through the heat death of the universe.
But what is their motivation to buy servers and rent bandwidth if they already got the money but can’t expect to can’t expect another payment?
Death of the universe? No more like the end of civilization if things around us change too much too fast.
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