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What you'll find difficult is establishing trust. I have no reason to believe your review site is a shill for another company, but I have no reason not to beli

What you'll find difficult is establishing trust. I have no reason to believe your review site is a shill for another company, but I have no reason not to believe that either. It was recently revealed that Kape Technologies, a former malware distributor and now owner of PrivateInternetAccess and ExpressVPN, are doing this. The first step would be clearly identifying ownership and benefactors.

hubraumhugo 5y ago
I fully agree; we need to be more transparent about our process, intentions, and ownership. We'll work on that. Here is a good Reddit post about the fake reviews from Kape Technologies: https://www.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents/comments/r160ll/spotting_fake_reviews_from_kape_technologies/ https://www.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents/comments/r160ll/spottin...
- LarryDarrell 5y ago
  And yet ExpressVPN is rated 5th on your site. A reputable review site would have ExpressVPN and NordVPN rated 0.0, or even not rated at all and shoved into a separate section, "VPNs to Avoid."
  - hubraumhugo 5y ago
    We're working on improving the site and the data quality. Keep in mind that it's still an MVP.
    - LarryDarrell 5y ago
      ...but you are a review site... The data quality is your MVP.
      - tpoacher 5y ago
        This.
  - wdb 5y ago
    Why to avoid?
- pydry 5y ago
  It's curious that your #1 listed VPN NordVPN has a pretty tasty affiliate program but I can't see Mullvad (no affiliate program) on your front page at all in spite of it being most peoples' favorite ;-) I tried to start a site similar to this one in the past. I gave up in the end because honesty and $$$ just wouldn't mix. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't square this circle. Economically I think it doesn't even work on a theoretical basis. The mullvad of most industries just wouldn't have affiliate programs whereas the scummy companies would have the best affiliate programs.
  - jxcole 5y ago
    Maybe it's a recent change, but I typed in mullvad and got this: https://seekvpn.com/review/mullvad-vpn?keyword=mullvad https://seekvpn.com/review/mullvad-vpn?keyword=mullvad It has a fairly high rating overall.
junon 5y ago
Youtubers are still promoting ExpressVPN, unfortunately.

hubraumhugo 5y ago

I fully agree; we need to be more transparent about our process, intentions, and ownership. We'll work on that. Here is a good Reddit post about the fake reviews from Kape Technologies: https://www.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents/comments/r160ll/spotting_fake_reviews_from_kape_technologies/ https://www.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents/comments/r160ll/spottin...

LarryDarrell 5y ago
And yet ExpressVPN is rated 5th on your site. A reputable review site would have ExpressVPN and NordVPN rated 0.0, or even not rated at all and shoved into a separate section, "VPNs to Avoid."
- hubraumhugo 5y ago
  We're working on improving the site and the data quality. Keep in mind that it's still an MVP.
  - LarryDarrell 5y ago
    ...but you are a review site... The data quality is your MVP.
    - tpoacher 5y ago
      This.
- wdb 5y ago
  Why to avoid?
pydry 5y ago
It's curious that your #1 listed VPN NordVPN has a pretty tasty affiliate program but I can't see Mullvad (no affiliate program) on your front page at all in spite of it being most peoples' favorite ;-) I tried to start a site similar to this one in the past. I gave up in the end because honesty and $$$ just wouldn't mix. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't square this circle. Economically I think it doesn't even work on a theoretical basis. The mullvad of most industries just wouldn't have affiliate programs whereas the scummy companies would have the best affiliate programs.
- jxcole 5y ago
  Maybe it's a recent change, but I typed in mullvad and got this: https://seekvpn.com/review/mullvad-vpn?keyword=mullvad https://seekvpn.com/review/mullvad-vpn?keyword=mullvad It has a fairly high rating overall.

junon 5y ago

Youtubers are still promoting ExpressVPN, unfortunately.