Yen tried to backpedal meekly several times since then, to get out of the pickle he got himself into with his definitely-not-impressed customers, but it's a bit late for that: either he's pro-Trump or he's naive. Either way, he makes Proton sketchy.

[–] Link@rentadrunk.org 5 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Any alternatives for their VPN service with port forwarding?

[–] deur@feddit.nl -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Private internet access is nice

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They have port forwarding, but they were bought by a company that has been caught stuffing malware into purchased programs. Basically, it was a company that has a history of buying out otherwise legitimate software brands, and then bulking them with adware as a quick cash grab on the existing customers.

That buyout was like 4 or 5 years ago, but it left a sour taste in many people’s mouths. Because everyone expected the PIA client to silently get bulked with adware one day. Since trust is basically the only reason to casually use a VPN, it pushed a lot of their users to alternatives.

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