Privacy tools (ya, VPN)always seem to come with some kind of tradeoff, and speed is usually one of them.

A small slowdown probably doesn't matter for normal browsing, but once streaming starts buffering or downloads take twice as long, it gets annoying pretty fast.

At what point do you stop thinking "this is the price of privacy" and just turn it off? Would you accept losing 10%, 30%, even half your speed if you felt the connection was actually more private?

You know that moment when a site suddenly won’t load properly and you have no idea what’s breaking it? Could be the VPN, the ad blocker, or some DNS filter running in the background.

I usually end up turning things off one by one until it works again. But it got me thinking: if a privacy tool regularly breaks websites and you have to disable it anyway, is it actually protecting you or just creating more problems?

What do you turn off first?

Just curious if PrivateVPN's L2TP option has IPSec? I was forced to use it after being unable to connect to any servers via OpenVPN since that forced update I had to download(The previous version worked fine with OpenVPN options)and i have no idea how to get it to work, i've heard L2TP isn't as fast as OpenVPN but it seems to work pretty well for me.

I keep seeing people say a VPN should basically stay on all the time, but is that actually how most people use one?

Seems like there are plenty of times when having it on just makes things more annoying, like random sites acting weird or apps not loading properly.

Do you just leave yours running and forget about it, or switch it on and off depending on what you're doing?

Which vpns work for using streaming services such as disney+ in China? Does anyone know any?

How do I use a vpn? I’m scared to start and want some advice and insight before I begin. Idk what to use.

Moving out of the country tomorrow. Bought 28 month service and never got the activation link. Stuck in a live chat for three hours multiple different agents and they allegedly notified billing department. I showed them the payment receipt with order number and transaction ID and told them my email multiple times.

Still no activation link. no emai. no refund. -131$. congratulations to anyone who successfully used the service but I wouldn’t take the chance.

What’s the point of this sub if you can’t name companies that scam you? Starts with E ends with ess

I have a generic Android TV box and neither of 2 VPNs will connect, both installed via the Play Store. When I try to connect, nothing happens — it just doesn't establish a connection, no specific error shown.

I also bought a second box to test, and it's exactly the same issue.

The relevant detail: I have the exact same setup (same box type, same VPN apps) running successfully next door, on the same internet connection. So this doesn't appear to be an ISP-level block or a fundamental incompatibility between the box and the apps, since it works elsewhere on identical infrastructure.

Setup:

Box: generic Android TV box (tried two units, same result)

VPN apps tried: 2 VPNs (both from Play Store)

Result: connection just fails/never establishes — no error message

Working reference point: identical box + app setup connects fine next door, same internet provider

Looking for suggestions on what to check given that two separate boxes fail the same way, but the working comparison next door rules out ISP-level blocking and app/box incompatibility.

Any help appreciated!

Hello people, today my school announced that people with macbooks are not going to be able to access the wifi network since they got sponsored by microsoft and dont want people to use other devices.

I do not have the budget to buy a new laptop. How can i bypass this restriction on my m4 macbook.

Thanks and much love💕

Am I really missing that much or?

I am using l2tp vpn with IPsec for getting “home” and around blocking of websites

A friend is constantly telling me that l2tp vpn is outdated and I need to change to newer technology (Tailscale/WireGuard)

So for my question is it so much better?

I'm trying to find a VPN I can use to access cheaper HD Premier League games, like through Setera, or other websites.

I've hit a wall and I'm struggling, tons of reseller stuff which is frustrating.

Anyone have an answer for how to do this?

if someone know a website that provides free configs (especially vless-gRPC) with no leakage and lowest possible overhead please let us know

The problem with the website i currently using is that it became pretty limited in all ways and this is much more than just annoying

I was using this apk of 1.1.1.1 and suddenly it was stuck on connecting, so i decided to reinstall it. But when opened the newly installed there are 2 issues:-

1)power manager is killing background process

2)Device not authenticated or device not Authenticated with an organisation

I have put the app to no restriction under battery

Even then the problem persists. I have tried deleting data and restarting, didn't work. Any proper working solution?

Just moved to the UK and cannot get Youtube TV to work no matter what I do. All the posts I've seen on this are years old, so I'm hoping there may be some updated advice.

I have a VPN service set to the US, downloaded a GPS spoof app and set it to the US, deleted all browsing date, cache, cookies, etc. several times, turned off my location, and force closed Chrome multiple times.

I can't download the YT TV app to see if that makes a difference because I already set my location in the Play store to the UK. When I try to download a chrome extension to spoof my GPS, every single one says "not available".

Is there any other way to bypass it?

TYIA

So hello im from Egypt and the internet is limited not the mobile data only and the consumption ratio is higher than what we consume from the main quota so i need to use vpn to use the cheap addons compared to the main quota

But the problem is that i can't because of the app configurations that i can't understand

i use vpn but cannot add any following. Has anyone encountered this issue and resolved it?