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[โ€“] B0rax@feddit.org 22 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Never heard of ivpn, is it comparable to Mullvad?

[โ€“] Babalugats@feddit.uk 30 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

iVPN and Mullvad are usually the two go-to mentions when somebody asks "what is the best VPN?".

There are many comparison reviews and sometimes there are one or two others thrown into the mix, most common one I've seen is protonvpn, but others may have seen different

Another comparison review

[โ€“] maam@feddit.uk 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Never heard of this site but this is perfect for what I've been looking for to switch providers, thanks!!

[โ€“] heliotrope@retrofed.com 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd say so, yes. The main differences are that the pricing is a little different ($6 per month, rather than โ‚ฌ5), the service is based in Gibraltar (a non-UK British Overseas Territory), and it doesn't offer as many anti-censorship features (just V2Ray over TCP or over QUIC).

Personally, I like it.

[โ€“] ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So worse in every measure but more expensive?

[โ€“] gnutrino@programming.dev 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Well the money doesn't go to support fascists (to the best of my knowledge), so there's that...

[โ€“] tomenzgg@midwest.social 7 points 3 weeks ago

Yet another deficiency!

/s

[โ€“] leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Depending on where you live and the current exchange rate, $6 might be cheaper than โ‚ฌ5.

[โ€“] potustheplant@feddit.nl 4 points 3 weeks ago

It doesn't matter where you live. 5 EUR is about 5.75 USD, so I'd say they're roughly the same price.

[โ€“] ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

True, but only two devices instead of five is a dealbreaker

[โ€“] leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Their standard plan let's you connect 5 devices.

[โ€“] maam@feddit.uk 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

IVPN offers a warrant canary and is situated in Gibraltar and the territory has their own variant of GDPR.