Hi all,
I’m a freelance tech writer, and besides other products, I monitor what’s happening in the VPN market. I’ve been doing VPN reviews and overviews for the past few years, and I thought this would be something interesting for the community here. We all see nice marketing stories delivered by the VPN providers themselves, but here I collect a lot of info and real feedback I find on social media, etc. Before you say anything about Rule 5 - I have asked for permission to post it here; I am not trying to recommend any of the mentioned providers. This is just for us all to have a better view on what’s new in this industry.
I will edit the thread every week to share the newest overviews and will post the previous one in the comments for everyone to easily find it, so don’t forget to come back and check it out!
Last updated 2021-01-10
NordVPN
Complaints/rumours
NordVPN Indonesian servers experienced issues and were unavailable on the application (link).
Sponsorships/Partnerships
Nord Security announces a strategic partnership with Telarus, the largest privately held technology services distributor in the United States (link).
Surfshark
Announcements/Deals/News
Introduced website safety warnings (Official blog). New research article out: “Which countries ask Google to remove most content” (Official website).
PIA
Announcements/Deals/News
PIA used Norton antivirus Crypto miner scandal to its advantage and promoted its own antivirus in its place (link | link).
CyberGhost
Announcements/Deals/News
CyberGhost updated its Quarterly Transparency Report for October, November, and December 2021 (Official blog).
IPVanish
Complaints/Rumours/Issues
Several users have been experiencing connection issues for several days now (link | link).
PureVPN
Announcements/Deals/News
Now a member of the Global Encryption Coalition’s mission to promote and defend encryption in critical countries and multilateral forums under threat (link).
Mullvad
Announcements/Deals/News
Diskless infrastructure using stboot (in beta) available on a pair of WireGuard servers in Sweden (Official blog).
WeVPN
Announcements/Deals/News
New Device Management feature in the client area. Added the ability to rename devices and easily recognize which devices you would like to disconnect from your account (link).
Proton VPN
Announcements/Deals/News
Expands to 63 countries. Added new Puerto Rico and Thailand servers, available via Smart Routing (link).