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Windscribe 30GB Bandwidth Usage Account for
Free when you apply voucher coupon
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Note, if you currently have a Windscribe account above 30GB bandwidth, you may not apply the listed voucher code; simply easier to create a new account
Deal Instructions- Click this link here
- Create a username, password, and apply your email
- Under the 'Have a Voucher?' section, click it and apply voucher coupon PEACE
- Finalize and create your account
- Confirm your account w/ your email
- You will automatically be updated to 30GB Bandwidth Usage to your account for Free
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I bought a lifetime sub back when they were really small (small enough that a lifetime subscription was a risk) and that has paid for itself 100x. Days like today I feel a bit guilty not contributing to support them, but I do recommend them to friends strongly.
Good things about them - as a VPN they clearly take the goal of having a VPN, privacy, very seriously. And actually care, not only as an advertising gimmick. It should be a given, but obviously these days there are a lot of behind the scenes pressures put on anything like this to give in for "good reasons" like law enforcement. Anywhere you buy VPN service from you end up having to blindly trust to resist those pressures, unfortunately. But things like providing a completely open source VPN client kinda helps with earning my trust. It's not like most people give a shit or can even understand the code, so it's obviously not a big selling point. But even if you can't read the code, you should know that having an open source client is a hallmark of taking security seriously.
As for downsides, I haven't used competitors in a few years but when I did the competition had a larger selection of locations and higher speeds sometimes. Not sure if that's still true, probably is still for locations but probably not the speeds, I never have issues with bandwidth using them. In the past they were slow at fixing problems when discovered, but they would always clearly be working hard on fixing things the right way rather than the quick way. Some features have taken a long time to be released/updated, but network and security problems were clearly dealt with as an emergency. The last year they've added a bunch of features that are amazing and, again, clearly designed to make the service great for even the niche users. For example I use a (free for pro) feature that creates a temporary port that I can use to connect network services (e.g. FTP) through without exposing my IP. They offer for an additional monthly cost a static IP where you can reserve a permanent port number. It can be clunky to use a temporary port, but when I looked into the details more I realized that realistically this is the only way to solve the need for port forwarding without unintentionally sacrificing anonymity. They could have simply not allowed any port forwarding or have gone the lazy way and allow binding your account to a permanent port, but instead they do it the right way with real privacy in mind.
Also, naturally as they've gotten bigger they've gotten much faster at fixing issues when they happen.
Also they write funny posts with serious topics. I've seen people complain they're cringey / 'hello fellow kids' kinda... and yeah, they are, but they're obviously aware of that and play into it too. The jokes and puns are definitely eye rolling,but hell I'd rather have that than the cold corporate husks or complete lack of communication from "big" VPNs
Here's a recent blog they posed that was news to me and does not bode well for VPNs and privacy: https://blog.windscribe
Ok that is a lot of shilling for them so I'll call it. Hopefully the shilling will relieve some of my guilt for not giving them more money lol
"Share this with your friends or family who are in Ukraine or Russia."
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My one gripe with them is their incredibly slow openvpn protocol. IIRC they don't support wireguard at all and their ikev2 can't be setup on a synology.
I have a very niche example but they run fabulous as a desktop app
Edit - I just double checked windscribe openvpn cert on my synology which has DSM 7 supporting openvpn 2.4.9 newest standard. I'm topping out at 10MBps. My full bandwidth is roughly 50 MBps, which the desktop ikev2 app has no problem.
I thought they implemented wireguard? I read something about it recently but not very carefully. Here is what I found real quick from 2 years ago: https://blog.windscribe
When I run their Windows app concurrently with Serviio DLNA media server (service) it spikes the CPU usage to 100% and stays there until I shut down Serviio.
Based on my research, there is no remedy to this problem.
https://windscribe.com/support/ar...ermination
I bought a lifetime sub back when they were really small (small enough that a lifetime subscription was a risk) and that has paid for itself 100x. Days like today I feel a bit guilty not contributing to support them, but I do recommend them to friends strongly.
Good things about them - as a VPN they clearly take the goal of having a VPN, privacy, very seriously. And actually care, not only as an advertising gimmick. It should be a given, but obviously these days there are a lot of behind the scenes pressures put on anything like this to give in for "good reasons" like law enforcement. Anywhere you buy VPN service from you end up having to blindly trust to resist those pressures, unfortunately. But things like providing a completely open source VPN client kinda helps with earning my trust. It's not like most people give a shit or can even understand the code, so it's obviously not a big selling point. But even if you can't read the code, you should know that having an open source client is a hallmark of taking security seriously.
As for downsides, I haven't used competitors in a few years but when I did the competition had a larger selection of locations and higher speeds sometimes. Not sure if that's still true, probably is still for locations but probably not the speeds, I never have issues with bandwidth using them. In the past they were slow at fixing problems when discovered, but they would always clearly be working hard on fixing things the right way rather than the quick way. Some features have taken a long time to be released/updated, but network and security problems were clearly dealt with as an emergency. The last year they've added a bunch of features that are amazing and, again, clearly designed to make the service great for even the niche users. For example I use a (free for pro) feature that creates a temporary port that I can use to connect network services (e.g. FTP) through without exposing my IP. They offer for an additional monthly cost a static IP where you can reserve a permanent port number. It can be clunky to use a temporary port, but when I looked into the details more I realized that realistically this is the only way to solve the need for port forwarding without unintentionally sacrificing anonymity. They could have simply not allowed any port forwarding or have gone the lazy way and allow binding your account to a permanent port, but instead they do it the right way with real privacy in mind.
Also, naturally as they've gotten bigger they've gotten much faster at fixing issues when they happen.
Also they write funny posts with serious topics. I've seen people complain they're cringey / 'hello fellow kids' kinda... and yeah, they are, but they're obviously aware of that and play into it too. The jokes and puns are definitely eye rolling,but hell I'd rather have that than the cold corporate husks or complete lack of communication from "big" VPNs
Here's a recent blog they posed that was news to me and does not bode well for VPNs and privacy: https://blog.windscribe
Ok that is a lot of shilling for them so I'll call it. Hopefully the shilling will relieve some of my guilt for not giving them more money lol
Also, I suspect a large number of Windscribe and FastestVPN's IP pool are marked by Google and many places as potential spammers and abusers so I had to do one of those stupid 'are you a human' challenges even when I'm trying to search something on Google. This is something to keep in mind.
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If you're a Reddit user, subscribe to r/Windscribe. I think SDers might have missed out on the aforementioned code because it wasn't ever posted here, but I found it on their sub. It's a good idea to keep an eye on that sub if you're looking for free bandwidth upgrade codes.
My one gripe with them is their incredibly slow openvpn protocol. IIRC they don't support wireguard at all and their ikev2 can't be setup on a synology.
I have a very niche example but they run fabulous as a desktop app
Edit - I just double checked windscribe openvpn cert on my synology which has DSM 7 supporting openvpn 2.4.9 newest standard. I'm topping out at 10MBps. My full bandwidth is roughly 50 MBps, which the desktop ikev2 app has no problem.
Also, I suspect a large number of Windscribe and FastestVPN's IP pool are marked by Google and many places as potential spammers and abusers so I had to do one of those stupid 'are you a human' challenges even when I'm trying to search something on Google. This is something to keep in mind.
I travel a lot and was getting sick of having to do captchas so much to access websites in the US, so I ended up using my EDU email for a free Azure subscription and created my own VPN server (100% free). You can also create your own VPN at home using a raspberry pi or an old computer to have access to your home IP address while you're abroad.
A commercial VPN is still needed if you want to stream content from other regions, but for general web surfing, having your own server is so much better and can be had for free or a few bucks a month if you pay for a server rental. There are lots of good YT videos out there showing you how to get everything set up and it's very easy as long as you have basic tech skills.
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