• DannyMac@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    I love Mullvad. You don’t see them in any ads (No “this video is brought to you by Mullvad VPN”) and you can pay them any way you’d like… Including cash!

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      4 months ago

      No port forwarding, though. Some old guides still list them as having that capability, so I try to mention it frequently.

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        4 months ago

        I’ve never used that feature in any of my VPN clients before. What’s the actual usecase for it?

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          4 months ago

          Possibly if one might want to be able to access a service behind the VPN without having a load balancer / reverse proxy?

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          4 months ago

          I don’t see why having options are turn-offs except maybe for those who provide said options.

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            4 months ago

            I don’t understand. I mean I see why not having port forwarding would turn someone off from going with Mullvad, but I understand Mullvad’s rationale for doing so.

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              I understand their decision to stop offering it, too, especially if I were in their position as a service provider. I still like the feature as a consumer.

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      4 months ago

      It’s the only VPN I’ve seen advertised irl though. I’ve seen it advertised in the metro and on buses, which struck me as odd

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        4 months ago

        I live in a rural area, so I’ve not seen any VPN ads IRL. I wasn’t aware they had real world ads. Thanks for letting me know!

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          4 months ago

          Yeah I thought it was super weird even in the city. VPN just doesn’t seem mainstream enough to plaster on the metro !

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        That’s crazy lol whereabouts are ya? Midwestern USA on my end. I don’t recall ever seeing an IRL VPN ad.