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I’m regularly using Mullvad on my phone and computers. I like the privacy, the cost, and no frills UX.
Astrill was a terrible experience on iOS. Mullvad could be faster overall but it is consistent and I get by.
Been doing AssDrill since 2015. The most consistent and reliable out of the bunch.
Have only ever used Astrill on my two latest visits to China (summer 2023 and summer 2024). Both times have been pretty underwhelming with both speeds and stability. But was at the time the most recommended VPN to use when asking around.
Have been entertaining the idea of moving to China for a period. But the shitty VPN always makes me think twice since I value free access to the internet with good speeds and stability very highly.
Used Astrill for a year (~180$) —worked okay-ish on my laptop, but a total PITA on my phone. Honestly, not worth the $$ at all. Switched to LetsVPN and it’s a game-changer. Way smoother, no headaches, and a fraction of the price (~53$/y). Highly recommend it!
Astrill is really disappointing me. Iv been a big astrill fan the past 7-8 years, but these past few months it has really gone downhill. We havent had openvpn for almost a month now, and stealth/wireguard are really unreliable. Astrill was really spotty in August and improved in September, but ocotber has been the worst month in my 7-8 years using this service.
Openvpn is just completely gone. Stealthvpn and wireguard constantly drop servers which is infuriating bc it affects my work and personal time. I like to game and astrill really fucks up UU. Sometimes i can get them to work together, but othertimes i cant. However, stealth/wireguard hated online gaming and its impossible for me to participate for no reasojn
I’ve been using Mullvad VPN for one month already and it’s really good! Highly recommended
I like Mullvad. 5 euros is quite cheap for a whole month. It worked most of the time, sometimes I’d get throttled or lose connection but I couldn’t tell if that’s just because I lost service and that’s maybe 5% of the time. Just used it for the whole month
ProtonVPN on all my devices.
Astrill is really good at windows laptop, but otherwise it’s pretty expensive.
Another thumbs up for Mullvad. It’s working well enough…occasionally have to swap out servers, but I have reasonable success with some of the more random ones like Albania or Cyprus. For $5.50 a month I will keep using it, but only paying a month or two in advance right now, lest it get cracked down upon and I get stuck with a 12 month subscription of useless poo like I did with ExpressVPN a couple of years ago when it got nuked.
I use Astrill, Mullvad and Veee+ , at present Mullvad is a winner. Both Veee+ and Astrill seems to run into a stall after just a short time 30 min - 2 hrs. I only want to use browsers, occasionally a youtube video, so I cant say for gamers/hardcore streamers. But for me, in China, Mullvad wins at present.
Need some guidance
I’m moving to Chongqing for 4 months to study at University, I will bring my computer since I need to finish off some projects, my Pixel 8 Pro and my Poco F4 Pro. Buying a SIM at University and popping on my Poco F4 to use at hotspot for my Pixel 8 Pro
My boss agreed on paying ExpressVPN but I have read that’s not ideal. Would Mullvad be the option to go? Using it for my computer and phone
Is anyone else having issues with Astrill lately? I’m currently using Stealth VPN with Singapore 3, and while it seems to work, the function to only tunnel Chrome isn’t working, which is a bit annoying since I need to use Firefox with my vanilla connection.
Apart from the Stealth VPN + Singapore 3 combination, no other server or protocol seems to work—OpenWeb is completely down.
Mullvad kinda laggy lately but useable
I installed clash and paid not too much for some not too famous service (120gb for 12rmb). It’s working great on Android. Latency is super good and speed as well. Whiiiiile on PC is not working as expected. I don’t know what’s with clash and similar apps for Windows but whenever I install them they don’t work properly, that it they are only good for browser. I am trying too hard to get rid of Asstrill but I always fail because of things like this.
My mum recently moved to Southern China for work and has had a lot of trouble with her internet. The connection is super unstable so its really difficult for us to call. The internet is provided by the apartment building she is in.
She was finally able to get set up with ExpressVPN but its only worked for a day and she is back to awful internet.
Would appreciate any advice on how I can help sort things out for her. She doesn’t speak Chinese and is having a difficult time doing this on her own.
Mullvad on Macbook and SixGod on iPhone.
which VPN would be the best in Sichuan? im thinking either Mullvad or Lets vpn
My Wannaflix is shitting the bed hard. Constantly loses connection to ChatGPT, no torrent support. Any other good Shadowrocket vpn’s? PMs accepted.