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3-Year Windscribe VPN Pro Plan Subscription (Digital Delivery)

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StackSocial has 3-Year Windscribe VPN Pro Plan Subscription (Digital Delivery) on sale for $69.97.

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  • Length of access: 3 years
  • Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
  • Access options: desktop or mobile
  • Max number of device(s): unlimited

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StackSocial has 3-Year Windscribe VPN Pro Plan Subscription (Digital Delivery) on sale for $69.97.

Thanks to Community Member FuschiaDolphin757 for sharing this deal.

Product Details:
  • Length of access: 3 years
  • Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
  • Access options: desktop or mobile
  • Max number of device(s): unlimited

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Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • This price matches the previous +84 FP deal.
  • About this Product:
    • Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars based on over 110 customer reviews.
  • Additional Notes:
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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aerogems
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This is a very simplified explanation, but should be good enough for government work, as the saying goes.

You have two basic types of VPNs. PPTP and "full" VPNs like Windscribe. PPTP VPNs tend to be faster because there's less going on and they don't offer as much privacy by way of encryption. "Full" VPNs offer much better encryption and thus privacy but that obviously requires more processing power which can result in slower speeds. That's on top of all the usual things that can cause performance issues with networks the size of the Internet.

You also have to accept that a VPN is going to generally slow things down a little. You use it because you don't want your ISP building an advertising profile of you from your browsing history and selling it to anyone willing to pay the asking price or things of that nature. That all said, Windscribe has been working to both increase their server footprint and upgrade some of the nodes to 10Gbps connections.

I've been using Windscribe since I snagged one of their lifetime deals several years ago. They don't even offer them anymore. For the most part, I am pretty happy with the performance of Windscribe. The past few days it's been kind of slow, but it's a blip over the span of several years. Probably just a lot of new customers and existing customers who got new computers, game consoles or something and they're temporarily saturating the network. They've also had issues with people reselling access to their accounts and, in at least one case, using like 7.5PB of data in a single month. They're starting to crack down on that, but it could also very well explain why you've been having poor access speeds.

If you take everything together, Windscribe probably ranks as one of the best VPN providers out there.
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Info posted by someone else (SEKI19) in the previous deal

1) Login to your Windscribe account
2) Navigate to this page: https://windscribe.com/upgrade?cp...d=features
3) Click the green button for 'Have a promo code?' and then enter your code. It will add the years to your existing account.


Comprehensive VPN Comparison Chart:
https://www.techlore.tech/vpn
JohnPaul2
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Huge fan of Windscribe VPN. It really is one of (if not) the best VPN provider between reliability, speed, and privacy.

Techlore's comparison guide on VPNs really highlights the strengths of Windscribe (and the weakness of other providers).

https://www.techlore.tech/vpn

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aerogems
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Quote from SplendidHealth3014 :
For some strange reason Floridans are jumping on this rather quickly.
Best guess is this is the reason why: https://www.nbc-2.com/article/por...t/63317281

Bunch of political theater nanny state bullplop, Calling it a band-aid on a bullet wound would be overly generous. Does nothing to address the actual problem or assist people who may have already been affected, it's just something corrupt politicians can point to as part of a re-election campaign because they've done literally nothing of substance for the actual people of their constituency.
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aerogems
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Quote from jdsteel7 :
Does anyone know if Windscribe offers an Windows ARM-compatible client? I'm having to use a workaround for Nord while they work on their ARM compatible app.
https://windscribe.com/knowledge-...hitecture/
Jan 2, 2025
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cb56789
Jan 2, 2025
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Quote from aerogems :
This is a very simplified explanation, but should be good enough for government work, as the saying goes.

You have two basic types of VPNs. PPTP and "full" VPNs like Windscribe. PPTP VPNs tend to be faster because there's less going on and they don't offer as much privacy by way of encryption. "Full" VPNs offer much better encryption and thus privacy but that obviously requires more processing power which can result in slower speeds. That's on top of all the usual things that can cause performance issues with networks the size of the Internet.

You also have to accept that a VPN is going to generally slow things down a little. You use it because you don't want your ISP building an advertising profile of you from your browsing history and selling it to anyone willing to pay the asking price or things of that nature. That all said, Windscribe has been working to both increase their server footprint and upgrade some of the nodes to 10Gbps connections.

I've been using Windscribe since I snagged one of their lifetime deals several years ago. They don't even offer them anymore. For the most part, I am pretty happy with the performance of Windscribe. The past few days it's been kind of slow, but it's a blip over the span of several years. Probably just a lot of new customers and existing customers who got new computers, game consoles or something and they're temporarily saturating the network. They've also had issues with people reselling access to their accounts and, in at least one case, using like 7.5PB of data in a single month. They're starting to crack down on that, but it could also very well explain why you've been having poor access speeds.

If you take everything together, Windscribe probably ranks as one of the best VPN providers out there.
I bought a bunch of different "lifetime" vpn deals throughout the year (Belka, fastestvpn, vpn unlimited, vpn secure, and windscribe). I can confirm that windscribe is the most stable and has update througuot the year. The other ones I had are semi-dying.
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jdsteel7
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Thank you!
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Glockguy
Jan 2, 2025
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I just spent a few hours finding a great VPN and considered this provider also. This is a solid deal. However, I paid a little more and went with Nord VPN. They have a huge advantage in the sheer number of servers, Panama based vs Canada and a great reputation.
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stackable? 🤔
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This may be a smidge biased, but in case anyone is interested - https://windscribe.com/blog/what-...hnologies/
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slackerrudie
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Good for all my Florduh homies who are feeling the corn crackdown that started yesterday.
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techwiz1974
Jan 2, 2025
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Repped. Thx OP. My account was on a 10yrs promo that was expiring in Dec 2027, now extended to Dec 2030..
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aerogems
Jan 2, 2025
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Quote from Glockguy :
I just spent a few hours finding a great VPN and considered this provider also. This is a solid deal. However, I paid a little more and went with Nord VPN. They have a huge advantage in the sheer number of servers, Panama based vs Canada and a great reputation.
A number of people mention that Windscribe is based in Canada, but that really isn't as significant as people think. They'll be able to get your billing info and generic usage data like number of concurrent connections and amount of data xfered, but that's about it. Maybe they could get admin access to the servers, but since all the logs are stored in a ramdisk all they really get are whatever logs are around since the last time they were flushed.

It's not like the US, or any other major government, couldn't pressure Panama to do the exact same thing you're worried about the Canadian government doing. Even if they can't necessarily raid the offices directly, they could freeze the assets of company execs, put out a warrant for their arrest at any airport in a country with an extradition treaty, etc. And if it's China or Russia we're talking about, they'd probably just bribe some employee(s) to create a back door for them into the system.

I remember some time back there was talk of someone moving a torrent site to some server facility off the coast of Britain on a repurposed oil rig or WWII defensive structure. They were convinced that they would be legally untouchable, until it turned out they were within like 50 miles of the British coastline which meant the UK had jurisdiction over it. International law is a complicated subject and I'll go out on a bit of a limb and assume that every single one of us is talking out of our ass on the subject. We don't even really know what it is we don't know.
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nin7474
Jan 2, 2025
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Can this be used on an Android tv box?
Formuler 11 Pro box on MytvOnline 3 to be specific.
Last edited by nin7474 January 2, 2025 at 05:33 PM.
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aerogems
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Quote from nin7474 :
Can this be used on an Android tv box?
Literally the first two hits searching for "windscribe android tv"

https://windscribe.com/knowledge-...d-devices/

https://windscribe.com/knowledge-...e-console/
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MikeM9964
Jan 2, 2025
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Can this be used with a Firestick?
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Quote from MikeM9964 :
Can this be used with a Firestick?
Yes, you can

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lookitsandrew
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Quote from p233asw :
I have NordVPN I got from G2A for $34 2 year memberships. I bought 3 of them. So I now have NordVPN unlimited until 2030. The codes stack under the same account.

Nord is amazingly fast to connect/disconnect on mobile devices and Apple TV. Honestly amazing. I get speed at or near link speed on some nearby servers. I have 500Mbps home internet. Nord soeedtest shows about 400-500 Mbps. Cannot complain so far.
Is the deal still available? Which plan did you get?
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