Although you can read reviews on influential blogs, this is something you’d have to try first-hand. Also, the VPN provider can’t snoop on your usage either. With a no-logs policy, the VPN service wouldn’t have any data to hand out to any authority. A good VPN service never logs your activity. TunnelBear had limited countries to choose from while choosing a VPN server. A good service would be based out of privacy-friendly countries like Panama or the British Virgin Islands. A VPN service based out of the US, Canada, Australia or in general, the five-eyes can easily hand out your data to the government when asked. This is a significant factor in choosing a VPN if you’re focused on the privacy aspects. This time, I wanted to explore more into the depths of choosing a good service and willing to pay more for quality.įalling into the Udemy style year-long “limited period” offer: I bought a NordVPN 3-year planĪfter researching quite a bit on how to choose a good VPN, I focused on these critical points to zero in on NordVPN: This issue led to a habit of disconnecting my VPN while making a payment in fear that my transaction would fail if the connection falters.Īfter a few months of mixed experiences, I stopped using TunnelBear.īut then, last year, I found myself wanting to try VPNs again. Sometimes, the speed would be abysmal, especially while on 4G and travelling. I got browsable speeds and a moderately stable connection. To dip my feet into the waters, I got access to the cheapest VPN service I could find at that time - TunnerBear.Ī yearly subscription cost me less than ₹1000 (~$13) at that time, and I could use the service on both my phone and my laptop.Īt first, the experience was decent. Since I didn’t religiously use a VPN until that point, I didn’t want to invest a ton of money on a service that I might ditch after a few days or weeks. The best way to do that would be to use a VPN. I started working out of a coworking space and wanted to prevent my coworking space administrators from snooping into my data. I only used VPN when I wanted to switch countries to access some website or app, or maybe have access to a software update earlier. I’ve never been too serious about using a VPN for browsing the web until about two years ago. In this post, I’ll highlight some of the disadvantages of using a VPN service that I’ve noticed and what led to cancelling ExpressVPN after using it for close to a year. Last week, I talked about cancelling my ExpressVPN subscription during one of my recent audits.
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