What's your preferred VPN? I've been using NordVPN for a while, but I don't have a good reason.

My partner wants to get a VPN, and I told him I'd research for him. This is me researching for him 🤡

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None.

I was super pro vpn, then something switched.

Also Nord was hacked in 2018, never disclosed it until someone brought it up on Twitter in 2019. https://www.techradar.com/news/whats-the-truth-about-the-nordvpn-breach-heres-what-we-now-know

Ads and wording are also always super deceptive around VPNs

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I tried to let a creator know who had huge Nord ad placements in their videos what happened with the breach and that they should re-evaluate promoting Nord and got back something along the lines of "well, they pay us to promote their product and we don't want to jeopardize our relationship with them"

I've been quite ignorant with my VPN selection (mainly because I didn't care that much). Heard bad opinions about Nord, but I didn't know about this breach.

Was this event what switched you? Or is there another reason why you don't see a need for VPNs?