I am not renewing my Proton yearly subscription after it ends due to recent developments. They seem to be the only "big name" VPN with the port forwarding feature. I heard of OpenVPN, but have not had a chance to dig into it too much.

My ISP does not provide IPV6 support, so this will be pretty important to sort out soon.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I've been happily using Windscribe for a while now, they have port forwarding with a dedicated IP. Averaging out the separate charges, it's about $4 USD/month for a custom plan (1 location + unlimited data) + dedicated IP. Technically their Pro tier includes ephemeral port forwarding, but I don't like how it works.

[–] bigDottee@geekroom.tech 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I seem to be out of the loop in regards to proton controversy and I haven’t found anything outstanding against them…

Can you help me understand what you’re specifically referring to? I’m a proton user… so kinda want to know lol

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

as far as I can tell their CEO is a semi alt right cunt. Apart from that everythin seems pretty okay and the recent shift to nonprofit status is cool

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

😂 does everything have to be political now? I don't care if the dude is a space alien who birthed Hitler, if the service is solid, I'm using it.

[–] Danitos@reddthat.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It has always been. FOSS is by itself political, just beyond the basic binary logic of left/right.

Your apoliticism is a political instance as well. Take for instance this quoute from Desmond Tutu "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."

I'm not saying you have to ditch Proton over their CEO's takes, my point is that thinking that everything suddenly became political is naive.

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's all so tiring

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Nobody said trying to lead an ethical life was a vacation

[–] Danitos@reddthat.com -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Agree, but that's reality. People suck, world sucks, life sucks.

You don't have to change your lifestyle over whatever thing that <random person you don't know nor care about> decided to say today. It is not wrong to feel that way neither. But, IMO, being aware of that, or at least being open to learn about that stuff, helps a lot to being in peace with it, and eventually, could lead to a more ethical consumption without going to extremes.

[–] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Everything has always been political. Just because you're too privileged to notice that until someone mentions a viewpoint you dislike doesn't mean anything except that you're usually oblivious.

[–] Nursery2787@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

CEO is a libertarian idiot who can’t see any difference between American Republicans and Democrats. CEO doesn’t have absolute control of proton, that’s a board of other privacy advocates. Proton as a service provider is still safe despite their CEO being a political twit.

IMO: A libertarian who doesn’t understand any value in why a government could possibly be good is the kind of person I want running an encryption service company. Wouldn’t trust him for running anything else though.

Devils advocate: Both parties love the alphabet agencies unconditionally and historically saw no problem with them. Still waiting for the Snowden wrist slap to happen. He is a bigger idiot for not letting public relations for the company handle his opinion.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Proton as a service provider is still safe despite their CEO being a political twit.

That twit was allowed to use the company's Mastodon account to double-down on his shitty political post

[–] Nursery2787@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I’ll wait for him to start telling Engineers that the encryption infrastructure has to be done his way. And telling the proton board that the engineers are all liars.

[–] Cgers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Airvpn offers port forwarding

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Aren't they located in Italy, the Shithole that keeps trying to outlaw all VPNs and/or force them to provide backdoors and identifiable customers? They can only be stopped so many times before they succeed...

[–] Cgers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah it's a bit of a "for now" thing and worth keeping an eye on Italy. To their credit, they don't offer services in Italy itself anymore after the "privacy shield" bullshit because "it goes against their mission" (for what that's worth lol)

Afaik, there's not many other choices for port forwarding

[–] oldfart@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

If you have a bit extra money, get a seedbox. Cheapest I've seen is €10/mo

[–] linuxguy@lemmy.gregw.us -1 points 3 days ago

Torguard looks very BT friendly but I've still got mullvad subscription left and haven't tried them. That and the branding / website just seem illegitimate though I've not found any legit criticisms.

[–] JayGray91@fedia.io -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I use Private Internet Access (PIA) and that has port forwarding. I read something about it on reddit but forgot about it, so idk of there's anything bad it controversial surrounding PIA.

[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

They got bought by a malvertising company a few years ago. It's what made me drop them after being a customer of theirs for years.

[–] Ilandar@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

There is, just not in relation to piracy. The concerns are more over its financial incentives/ownership and privacy.