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[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

It's about $8 CAD / month, which is noticeably more than Air vpn's ~$5.25 CAD / month (if I signed up for two years). That being said I understand your point, assuming that they have that trust. As someone who isn't familiar with them though I need to first know why they deserve it more than others. Other people do seem to speak highly of them though and have made some points that are in their favour.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (11 children)

What is it about Mullvad that makes it superior to all other options? I'm open to it, I just need something to justify the higher price.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (7 children)

How important is port forwarding? I've never really bothered with it. I'm definitely still in the shallow end of the pool when it comes to using vpns.

 

First off, sorry if this has been asked a million times in this community already, but the only post I found on this topic when I searched was over two years old.

I've been using PIA vpn for the past two years, but my subscription is ending soon and I was thinking about switching providers. I'm a fairly basic vpn user so I'm not overly concerned about advanced features and bells and whistles. I have a limited budget to work with, and I run Fedora os. Does anyone have any recommendations on what vpn I should be using?

I've seen Mullvad mentioned frequently, but it's a touch expensive compared to others. I've heard some good things about Proton vpn too, but I know there was a controversy with their CEO not long ago. I've also just read something about IVPN and they look good, but I'd like opinions from more sources. I'm open too all other suggestions as well. Thanks for any and all thoughts!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

They're not denying that happens in England, just pointing out that it functionally happens in the US too. So I'm not really sure what your point is.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Ya, I'd almost liken minesweeper as more of a meditation than a game. That being said I do genuinely enjoy it as that; as a flowchart that's simple enough that I should always get it right but complex enough that I do still have to pay attention. It's good for resetting my focus.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Man, that guy does not know how to fell a tree

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Pretty sure they meant to reply to another image in the thread here but messed it up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I mean, the sea is hardly the same colour as the sky either (usually) and yet we still call both those blue so it's not all that different. Though I agree that it seems like starker difference to me I can acknowledge that's at least partially my own biases.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What I mean is that, lacking any other info, communist does not automatically equal authoritarian. There is a tragic amount of overlap between those two Ven diagram circles but it is not an intrinsic thing is all I'm pointing out. Of course I know nothing about the specifics of this situation in particular, and I'm not so arrogant as to talk as though I do. I'm just making a general point.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I think this scenario highlights the difference between communists and tankies. Tankies are a subset of communists (or at least claim to be) but not all communists are tankies.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

My understanding is that not saving window size and placement is a limitation of Wayland right now (for security reasons that it's trying to address rather than ignore like xorg I think?). I think it's something that's planned to be added eventually, but who knows when that might be. It is frustrating in the meantime I agree.

Take all this with a large grain of salt of course, I am by no means an expert on the matter and am just repeating what I read when I looked into it myself a year ago or so.

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