According to r/VPNTorrents, Proton and AirVPN are the only recommended VPNs since they are the only well-established privacy-respecting ones left that still have port-forwarding. New ones are popping up with promise, like Azire and a couple others, but time will tell. As for Proton, I decided against it because of its limited port forwarding and lack of IPv6 compatibility and settled on AirVPN But Proton has genuinely great products if you're interested in the full suite. AirVPN, in my opinion, is just the last great VPN. Open-source & fully featured client, run by activists, anonymous accounts, crypto purchasing, IPv6 compatibility, full port forwarding, great support, Tor integration, the list goes on.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 2 points 2 years ago

Is Nord not considered privacy-respecting anymore?

[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Well-recommended. Thanks for the information!

[–] rambos@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Damn, I didnt have that good reasons, but I also got AirVPN (;

[–] neoney@lemmy.neoney.dev 14 points 2 years ago

I use AirVPN

[–] youRFate@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I use azire now. Works well so far.

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't really see people recommending Azire. How are the speeds?

[–] youRFate@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

I like how they have an api for stuff like port forwarding etc (albeit with mediocre documentation), and how they use all their own servers.

So far I could always max out my connection, it is only 100Mbit/s tho.

[–] adonkeystomple@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Been thinking about trying Azire, do they provide static ports?

[–] youRFate@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

No, the ports expire, but you can script the renewal / new port process via their API. I want to set up a job that gets a new port like 1x per week and tells it to the applicating using the port. Haven't done that yet. So far my port stayed active for like a month.

[–] adonkeystomple@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Oh that's neat. Yeah I use Airvpn currently, but would be interested in Proton or Azire if I could automate with a script like you said.

[–] Im1Random@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

AirVPN is great

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use proton with a decent amount of success, although I have had trouble with connectibility.

[–] meiko60@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

do you find the protonvpn server is quite unstable?

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

The speed can fluctuate as users pop on and off a server, but in general I have gotten excellent speeds (100mbps+). If ever I am getting poor throughput I swap to a different random server until I get what I need. I do not torrent with it though so I am not sure how it fares with that use.

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

I have not. Especially with the desktop client, which automatically will switch to another server if you get dropped. As far as speeds, I've also never noticed a problem but my bottleneck is my ISP so it's hard to know.