Shocker: All these "Best of" lists are nothing but affiliate marketing pages. They're popular because people do seek them out, since good lists are genuinely useful, so sites capitalise on them as a revenue source.
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LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 1 year ago
Very telling that big sites are only promoting VPN services that heavily advertise… i.e. - give commissions on signups.
The list of providers they “tested” aren’t even that complete, they didn’t even bother to pretend to check out ones that won’t give a kickback for promotion.
They don’t give specific recommendations, but the EFF has a good list of things to look for in a provider. ssd.eff.org/module/choosing-vpn-thats-right-you
HidingCat@kbin.social 1 year ago
1984@lemmy.today 1 year ago
I’ve noticed this too.
1chemistdown@kbin.social 1 year ago
Totally agree but I’m fine with them choosing protonvpn as the best overall out of that list. I like proton and have used them for years. But, the fact that Mullvad wasn’t in their list at all is suspect.
Lord_Boffum@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Agreed with your last point, though Mullvad axing port forwarding means for torrenters they’ve become drastically less useful.
I wonder why they don’t employ Nat-pmp like Proton does.