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The pricing on this seems out of line with other VPN providers unless I'm missing something. $12-14/month = $144/year give or take. Even if they do a "2 months

The pricing on this seems out of line with other VPN providers unless I'm missing something. $12-14/month = $144/year give or take. Even if they do a "2 months free if you pay annually" it's still $120/year while something like privateinternetaccess is $7/mo, $40/year or $70/2 years. Unfortunately the vpnhub site appears to have been hammered into the ground as of time of posting.

brettz 8y ago
The yearly price for now is $69.99 in the US. Site is back up.
gexla 8y ago
Well, consider that it's enabling you to watch porn, that has to be worth some of the premium. ;)
godzillabrennus 8y ago
Wow that’s a lot to pay for this kind of thing. Maybe I’m the minority on here but I watch Tech shows on YouTube. Linus Sebastian is quite popular on there. He has been recommending https://www.privateinternetaccess.com https://www.privateinternetaccess.com and their prices are lower.
- anderber 8y ago
  Keep in mind that his show is sometimes sponsored by PIA. But on that note, I've used them and have no complaints. Their speeds aren't as good as Mullvad though. Actually, no VPN that I've ever tried is as fast as Mullvad.
- bdcravens 8y ago
  I've been using PIA for years. They even take Bitcoin if you want some additional anonymity.
- enieslobby 8y ago
  Does he still recommend it? PIA recently hired former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles as it's CTO which received some backlash on the forums: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/921994-pia-hires-man-who-lost-473m-from-security-flaw-as-technology-officer/ https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/921994-pia-hires-man-wh...
- abandonliberty 8y ago
  Using PIA for years, unfortunately its IPs are well known so everything knows you're on a VPN and you get tons of captcha.
the8472 8y ago
Or you could just rent the cheapest cloud server you can find and install a VPN daemon on it. Scaleway is 2€/mo. The smallest AWS spot instances are comparable in price but more of a hassle.
- theshrike79 8y ago
  AWS IP ranges have been blacklisted on all streaming sites for years now.
  - Blindedwino 8y ago
    Nah definitely not true, I use a VPN hosted on an AWS EC2 instance and I have no troubles accessing Youtube or Vimeo (or Pornhub).
- fencepost 8y ago
  I could also just set up my home router so I could VPN to it then back out from there. However, I'm just as happy paying someone a nominal amount for convenience. It's the same reason I don't tend to spin up my own servers for basic web hosting - there are people who do that and who keep track of security updates affecting their specific systems, and for a small amount of money per month I don't have to worry about it.
charlieflowers 8y ago
Confusingly, later on the article says it is free to use.
- bdcravens 8y ago
  Free tier is ad-supported with slower speeds.

brettz 8y ago

The yearly price for now is $69.99 in the US. Site is back up.

gexla 8y ago

Well, consider that it's enabling you to watch porn, that has to be worth some of the premium. ;)

godzillabrennus 8y ago

Wow that’s a lot to pay for this kind of thing. Maybe I’m the minority on here but I watch Tech shows on YouTube. Linus Sebastian is quite popular on there. He has been recommending https://www.privateinternetaccess.com https://www.privateinternetaccess.com and their prices are lower.

anderber 8y ago
Keep in mind that his show is sometimes sponsored by PIA. But on that note, I've used them and have no complaints. Their speeds aren't as good as Mullvad though. Actually, no VPN that I've ever tried is as fast as Mullvad.
bdcravens 8y ago
I've been using PIA for years. They even take Bitcoin if you want some additional anonymity.
enieslobby 8y ago
Does he still recommend it? PIA recently hired former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles as it's CTO which received some backlash on the forums: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/921994-pia-hires-man-who-lost-473m-from-security-flaw-as-technology-officer/ https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/921994-pia-hires-man-wh...
abandonliberty 8y ago
Using PIA for years, unfortunately its IPs are well known so everything knows you're on a VPN and you get tons of captcha.

the8472 8y ago

Or you could just rent the cheapest cloud server you can find and install a VPN daemon on it. Scaleway is 2€/mo. The smallest AWS spot instances are comparable in price but more of a hassle.

theshrike79 8y ago
AWS IP ranges have been blacklisted on all streaming sites for years now.
- Blindedwino 8y ago
  Nah definitely not true, I use a VPN hosted on an AWS EC2 instance and I have no troubles accessing Youtube or Vimeo (or Pornhub).
fencepost 8y ago
I could also just set up my home router so I could VPN to it then back out from there. However, I'm just as happy paying someone a nominal amount for convenience. It's the same reason I don't tend to spin up my own servers for basic web hosting - there are people who do that and who keep track of security updates affecting their specific systems, and for a small amount of money per month I don't have to worry about it.

charlieflowers 8y ago

Confusingly, later on the article says it is free to use.

bdcravens 8y ago
Free tier is ad-supported with slower speeds.