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This does seem conveniently timed, right after the controversy of a few weeks ago has died down. Hopefully wireguard will be accepted into the mainline kernel
by ghostpepper 7y ago
This does seem conveniently timed, right after the controversy of a few weeks ago has died down.
Hopefully wireguard will be accepted into the mainline kernel soon and it will become much easier for people to run their own VPNs.
I will not be using PIA for the remainder of my subscription, and won't be renewing it.
Previous discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21679682 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21679682
- Tenoke 7y agoThis looks like a PR move after their really bad recent press. Open Sourcing is just seen as easy guaranteed good PR even if it is just something less important (client).
- Gustomaximus 7y agoI wonder more than coincidence if users started haemorrhaging. I turned of auto-renewal the day I saw that announcement and will be looking for a new VPN in ~4 months or so. Given most people with VPN's are likely privacy conscious, seems amazing a good percentage wont be doing the same given the groups reputation that took over.
- charwalker 7y agoSame, moved to Windscribe but was torn between them and Mulvad. PIA lost me and they won't bring me back short of a full refund of my existing sub with them and with Windscribe. But I'd just take the money and move on anyway.