Free VPN

[Maljunulo]

I am neither knowledgeable enough nor sophisticated enough to get dragged into a debate on VPN protocols and operations.

Until I hear an overwhelmingly convincing argument in favor of using Google’s VPN, I’m going to stick with Proton.

 

[Chex313]

Have been using it for a week...I like it.

 

[mustang7757]

I just got the free version today showed up

 

[B. Diddy]

I just tried it out at work, and unfortunately it's not feasible since the hospital's secure messaging app doesn't play nice over the VPN.:-\

 

[dookie.]

I'm seeing a 50% bandwidth hit.

 

[diesel97]

Have been using it for a week...I like it.

What makes you like it? I wouldn't know it was running if it wasn't for the icon on the top of the pull-down.

 

[Jeremy8000]

I'm seeing a 50% bandwidth hit.

Any VPN will give a bandwidth hit, lots of factors could contribute to the degree. The two real questions become (1) does the reduction in speed materially affect you for what you would want to do on that VPN connection, and (2) how does Google's VPN compare to others.

Found this post from one user comparing Google's VPN to SurfShark, where Google fared quite well; would be interesting to see how a wider range stack up, though again there could be a lot of other factors at play.

 

[cbreze]

The Google VPN seems to work quite well as far as smoothness and very little bandwidth hit for my P7. When I trialed Nord VPN for a couple of weeks a while back I took a major bandwidth hit on all 3 devices I was using it with. I’m not to sure how much I really need a VPN honestly but since it runs so well and I can’t even tell any difference I’ll continue using it for now.

 

[Jamie Wooten]

Got it on my Pixel Tuesday

 

[wyelkins]

It's good when you are connected to public WiFi. Not really when at home.

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