![]() Would they do that to compromise their number one selling point? Their leadership position is in privacy. ![]() Now, what happens if it is discovered that NordVPN has been engaged in nefarious practices to mislead their customers. If you can sell on price, that means razor thin margins that depend on volume, and that means infrastructure, security, expansion, auditing, etc, are expensive and usually sacrificed. Paying for an independent 3rd party audit is WAY better assurance than taking the word of some start up no-name VPN provider who's sole mission is to get market share (from market leaders), not to create a market (like NordVPN did). If I smell that a provider is trying to appear equal in a category but really isn't, that's deception and that's a trust issue.įrom what I've read, some VPN providers claim to not keep user logs, but their claims may be questionable - why would you believe them without some substantiation of the claim? Now, if they are all equal except one is cheaper, easy decision. In fact, only Security and Anonymity are really important to me. But to ME, price isn't as important as the other three. So everyone that competes with market leaders (like Nord) is going to have to offer features to attract customers. The VPN market has only four selling points (basically): Price, Speed, Security, & Anonymity. So companies have been popping up all over the place. Over the past couple of years, VPN providers have seen a significant increase in competition. Why wouldn't you believe the audits? Do you have a reason to suspect collusion by NordVPN? Do you have reason to suspect that they're intentionally and nefariously misleading customers? Are they "shady" or "sketchy" somehow? In the movie JFK by Olliver Stone, a guy says to another "Aw, Jim, how do you know who your daddy is 'cept that's what your momma told ya". So "better" might be subjective, based on a person's needs. Which VPN providers would you say are better than NordVPN, and what features are you claiming as better? Also, please consider that I think a Jeep Grand Cherokee is a better vehicle than a Honda Civic. Do you mean there are better options for everyone or for you? In thinking about VPN providers, what's most important to you? For me, it's privacy. So what IS your "price" argument? How much better can you do? I'm not easily convinced that if I spend $1.00/month USD, that I would get better quality or privacy than I currently have. ![]() I have a 3-year agreement with NordVPN and pay $2.99/month USD. The notion of "better" aside for the moment, you've brought up cost twice. There are many better options beside NordVPN which are much better in every aspect (including cost) That said, I am interested in your view, if for no other reason, to educate myself. So my intention is to challenge for understanding. I have to think on that a while", rather than clinging to my convictions (save for precious few personal things, if I'm honest). I am known in the real world for saying things like "that's a good point, I haven't considered that. I often engage with others to ask why they think what they think - provide the data that led them to that conclusion. I respect that you may have a different opinion I'm the type of person that *can* be convinced if someone brings a compelling argument. Note: last Black Friday Malwarebytes (another reseller) tossed in a free year of Malwarebytes protection with a 1-year prepayment of its Mullvad VPN service.Let's start here. So although I'm happy with Mozilla VPN if I were starting out I'd probably just choose Mullvad. We have a request tracker that our team uses to count and track individual requests, and it also lets us easily send you a follow-up if the feature is offered in a future update."Īlso, I got an email saying that Mozilla increased its prices from $5/month on the month-to-month plan but I'm grandfathered in to that rate (it's now only that price if you prepay for a year). I contacted Mozilla Tech Support about that and was told "This feature isn’t currently available on the Mozilla VPN, but we’re more than happy to share your request with our team. I prefer to use Cloudflare DNS but Mozilla VPN forces use of 10.64.01 But the software used is different and lags behind Mullvad on the Mac.įor example, Mullvad launched custom DNS server choice in April but that option is missing with Mozilla. I'm been using Mozilla for 3 months, mainly becaue the price was slightly less than Mullvad. ![]()
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