Thanks, @Mr.Ben. I was looking for a VPN and searched here to see what people were saying. I grabbed this offer as it's too good to pass up. It's coming up for a mere £3.59 a month - but I also paid in USD - and it works out at great value.
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"Apple, Google stores still offer China-based VPNs"
https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/13/apple_google_chinabased_vpns/
"In April, TTP published its initial VPN report that found 20 of last year's top 100 free VPNs in the US Apple App Store showed evidence of Chinese ownership. Five of these had ties to Qihoo 360, a Chinese cybersecurity firm that has been placed on the US Commerce Department's Entity List under export-control restrictions over concerns about its alleged links to China's People's Liberation Army.
Of the five, three were eventually pulled, but two (Turbo VPN and VPN Proxy Master) remained available in the US Apple App Store as of early May, according to TTP's second report, published this week. It identified 11 other Chinese-owned VPN apps as well."
https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/13/apple_google_chinabased_vpns/
"In April, TTP published its initial VPN report that found 20 of last year's top 100 free VPNs in the US Apple App Store showed evidence of Chinese ownership. Five of these had ties to Qihoo 360, a Chinese cybersecurity firm that has been placed on the US Commerce Department's Entity List under export-control restrictions over concerns about its alleged links to China's People's Liberation Army.
Of the five, three were eventually pulled, but two (Turbo VPN and VPN Proxy Master) remained available in the US Apple App Store as of early May, according to TTP's second report, published this week. It identified 11 other Chinese-owned VPN apps as well."
not sure how large is their user base but not of the usually popular names.
thats why there is 2 gold standards in vpn: Mullvad and Proton
close second: Windscribe , ivpn,
good connection, but you can't put any better effort than that. Proton is FOSS and non-profit iirc. Any one else is more likely to be compromised
I used to use PureVPN, then shifted to TorGuard. It has been two years now, and I just renewed for the third. I find it works fine on my 2017 iMac and iPadPro(4thGen). About $45/year so far.
I’m guessing that a lot of uk users may be looking for a vpn now. If so, you might want to avail of Proton’s two year vpn subscription for £3.59 a month.
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The PC Mag deal I mentioned in my earlier post is still working and beats this price for the two year plan - the GBP price is the same as Proton's direct offer, but if you select USD in the currency dropdown you'll get 70% off at $2.99/m rather than 56%off GBP. 👍 (not affiliated, just passing on a good offer 🙂)I’m guessing that a lot of uk users may be looking for a vpn now. If so, you might want to avail of Proton’s two year vpn subscription for £3.59 a month.
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Thanks for that. I used your link (https://uk.pcmag.com/vpn/116478/protonvpn) and it still works, and followed your advice to select USD (I used a Revolut card to pay as its very good for any sort of foreign currency payments) and it cost me around £54 for the 2 year sub - about £2.25 a month instead of £3.59 if you pay in UKP! Excellent tip, thanks again.
I’ve got Proton on the two year deal. I do have to turn it off fairly often because apps don’t play nicely with it even though it’s set to vpn from my home country
I use Torguard and have been for years. Works great. They even have an android app that works on my TV.