I’ve heard a lot about AirVPN, but it doesn’t have an app on Fdroid or anything. Yes you can download it directly from their site, but that is a little cumbersome.

Another option I’m considering is Windscribe.One major knock against it (and the same thing for AirVPN) is that htere is no tutorial available for installing the wireguard version on openwrt.

I really don’t know enough about these. Windscribe has been sort of tested in court (again that was in Greece, and they don’t have the same might of an authoritarian state as the US or some place), so that’s a plus.

I don’t know, I’m so confused that it sort of makes sense to stick with Mullvad at times.

  • CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    4 hours ago

    I know you mentioned AirVPN only having an app on their website, but you can use it with the wireguard client (you just have to make the conf file names short enough and remove special characters to import them). This is how I personally use AirVPN on Android.

  • SatyrSack@quokk.auEnglish
    7·
    16 hours ago

    I’ve heard a lot about AirVPN, but it doesn’t have an app on Fdroid or anything. Yes you can download it directly from their site, but that is a little cumbersome.

    Consider using Obtainium. It might be a little cumbersome to get it set up, but once you do, Obtainium will handle checking for and installing updates whenever they are released.

    Install Obtainium from GitHub or F-Droid. Then you can add Eddie (the AirVPN client app) by using the install button on this page:
    https://apps.obtainium.imranr.dev/apps?categoryMode=inclusive&category=vpn&sort=popular&q=Eddie

  • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    122·
    20 hours ago

    There’s Proton, but given the controversy… yeah (though I did look at what they donate to and it seems to not be right-wing companies).

    IVPN is perhaps your best bet.

    • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
      222·
      17 hours ago

      Proton made one positive comment about some Trump anti censorship policy. Their “controversy” is really overblown.

      Mullvad is directly donating to Nazis.

      That said Proton doesn’t have the same extreme privacy as Mullvad. But they are much cheaper with promos and also have good app support.

      • ryper@lemmy.caEnglish
        88·
        17 hours ago

        A Mullvad founder and co-owner donating to Nazis is NOT Mullvad directly donating to Nazis.

        • eremophila@lemmy.zip
          112·
          12 hours ago

          No, but it is Mullvad customers money going directly to funding an obviously far right party.

          The co-owner is very much the major funder of that party.

          Honesty is really easy.

          OP asked for options, not for this debate to go around in circles again.

  • nymnympseudonym@piefed.socialEnglish
    8·
    20 hours ago

    OpenVPN on a VPS from Njalla paid for in Monero

    I’m not being silly (other than that I’m a freakin’ tinfoil hat compared to most people)

    This is my actual setup.

    • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
      10·
      19 hours ago

      Depends on your reason for using a VPN. Presumably your Njalla VPS has a static IP address. I like being able to rotate servers if one is being blocked by a given service (ie YouTube).

      • FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        7·
        18 hours ago

        Seconding electric nan’s comment. There is a valid use case for that model IMO, but it also ties your identity to a different fixed IP. Maybe if you were PERFECT about opsec it wouldn’t tie to your ID, but in practice nobody is going to be. That’s nearly impossible in today’s tracking centric world. So data brokers will learn user X has IP Y, nobody else uses that IP, so other connections from IP Y are probably user X too.

        There’s a benefit to sharing an IP with many other ppl and rotating the IP around. There are drawbacks too ofc.

    • eremophila@lemmy.zip
      1·
      12 hours ago

      Last I looked the eddie app didn’t even have split tunneling?

      people on their reddit frequently recommend against using eddie too

      • uninvitedguest@piefed.caEnglish
        1·
        9 hours ago

        Again, it’s fine - not the bees knees. You can exclude local networks from the VPN. If there is another VPN/Wireguard app that does app based split tunnelling or whatever you’re looking for just use that with AirVPN instead of Eddie.

        Maybe WGTunnel? Haven’t tried it myself.

        • eremophila@lemmy.zip
          1·
          8 hours ago

          airvpn can fix their software if they want my money.

          mullvad has good software and the browser extension, which together makes a very usable system. Unfortunately they completely failed ethically.

          It shouldn’t be too much to ask for decent software and ethics.