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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] valek879 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I am also interested in the Lemmy opinion of windscribe. My wife really likes them but their app used to brick my computer requiring a hard reset so I don't use them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

their app used to brick my computer requiring a hard reset so I don't use them.

Which OS?

[–] valek879 1 points 7 months ago

Windows 10. I've since moved on to 11 but haven't tried it since then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I tried it for awhile. Speed was good, unfortunately for my use case had some show stoppers.

Pros: -It worked good on Linux. -Custom pricing plans (you can pick exactly which nodes you need and only pay for those) available month-to-month, makes it easy to try

Cons: -Android app couldn't remain connected as I move from mesh WiFi pod to pod. It would think its connected still but I would have no internet connectivity until I manually reconnected the app. (Everytime I crossed my house I would have to manually reconnect). -No port forwarding (torrents)

Ended up switching to airvpn. Use "openVPN for Android" which handles the mesh pods, and openvpn on Linux as well. Works perfectly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Port forwarding is available with Windscribe. A temporary, resetable one is included in pro plans. Permanent port forwarding is available for additional costs