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[Armadillo]

Free version of proton is really bad. Not a fair representation of it, free servers are slow and often blocked.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Free version of proton is really bad. Not a fair representation of it, free servers are slow and often blocked.

It's actually been ok to the point where I think I'll go for the subscription - does the paid service have the option to auto reconnect? It's not available with the free version that I can see.

 

[Armadillo]

does the paid service have the option to auto reconnect? It's not available with the free version that I can see.

Yes. In the paid one under settings there is an option for auto reconnection. Paid has what I assume are standard across VPNs. Auto reconnect, start on boot, connect on app start. You can also make profiles, stuff like specific server+protocal and make the quick connect button use that or auto connect to that profile at start up.

 

[adidan]

There's a handy dandy chart here that may help narrow down choices if it's of any use

Techlore VPN Toolkit

Transparent, open source VPN tools for your privacy & security.

www.techlore.tech

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Does anyone with Proton know, if I subscribe via Google Play Store will I still be covered with the 30 day money back guarantee?

 

[kosymodo]

'Upgrade' to a PAYG account, you get priority (I've never struggled to allocate Ampere resources, ever). You still won't pay anything unless you purposefully go over your free allocation. If the 'estimator' says you'll pay a few pence (or a pound or so) for the boot drive, ignore it - it's a bug, it's free. Just ensure you delete the boot volumes if you scrap any VPS before you make a new one, or you *will* pay for those over 4 volumes/200GB.

@Rainmaker I've followed your advice, and attempted to upgrade my Free Tier account to a PAYG account. I understand that I need to add a payment method, but strangely when adding the payment method (my Monzo card) it instantly asks me to approve a transaction of £79.87! Am I missing something, or should I contact Oracle to query it?

 

[platypus]

Does anyone with Proton know, if I subscribe via Google Play Store will I still be covered with the 30 day money back guarantee?

I don't, but Proton support is very responsive, just chuck them an email.

 

[Rainmaker]

@Rainmaker I've followed your advice, and attempted to upgrade my Free Tier account to a PAYG account. I understand that I need to add a payment method, but strangely when adding the payment method (my Monzo card) it instantly asks me to approve a transaction of £79.87! Am I missing something, or should I contact Oracle to query it?

Sorry I forgot about that, I've been PAYG for a long time. I used a credit card, but they 'hold' $100 for the day then release it back. They don't actually take funds off or charge you, it's just their messed up way of checking the card is active (instead of, you know, doing an active card check).

 

[kosymodo]

Sorry I forgot about that, I've been PAYG for a long time. I used a credit card, but they 'hold' $100 for the day then release it back. They don't actually take funds off or charge you, it's just their messed up way of checking the card is active (instead of, you know, doing an active card check).

Ahhh, makes sense...they held £0.80 when I created the Free Tier account (I think this is $1 USD), so probably like $100 USD being held for the PAYG upgrade

 

[kola]

I've been with airvpn for years no issues

 

[mr.bond]

Mullvard here, no issues at all and you can literally pay via almost any means (if extreme anonymity is required)

 

[Dirk Diggler]

First issue experienced with Surfshark, I couldn't do a Google search on my Samsung tablet after enabling...

An update on this. I've switched from Surfshark to Proton and can now rule out the VPN being the issue, it's the search engine. I've now switched from Google to Duck Duck Go.