PIA got bought out switched to express
Oh no
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Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 6 months agoPIA was good until they got bought out. That’s when my friend and I switched our VPNs (me to proton, him to express).
A shady parent company isn’t what you want in a VPN.
HeckGazer@programming.dev 6 months ago
makingrain@lemm.ee 6 months ago
On September 13, 2021, it was reported that ExpressVPN had been acquired by Kape Technologies, an LSE-listed digital privacy and security company
I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m on Express VPN only because they apparently specialise in avoiding geoblocks and VPN detection for overseas TV sites etc. (Plus three months free for being a TWiT.) So far it’s true for BBC iPlayer, RTe Player and UK Channel 4. For this purpose I’m not overly worried about how log-resistant they are, but interesting to keep up with the score here.
lemmyingly@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I wonder how they manage to bypass the geo-location blocks? I would if they frequently rotate their IP Addresses with fresh ones.
I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Possibly, or they have multiple entry points on residential ISP blocks and don’t have too many people NAT’d per IP so it looks legit. That would explain the higher costs.
doublejay1999@lemmy.world 6 months ago
… um……Express is also owned by Kape
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 6 months ago
It wasn’t at the time he switched … I think he looked at some other options after that, but might have just stayed.
For whatever reason he wasn’t getting the performance he wanted from Proton.