List of VPN Service Providers - 2025

[NotATether]

Dkbit mentioned Linux. It's free because Linus Torvalds started it as a personal hobby for his own computer, later shared the code with other volunteers and so on. In the end, thousands of developers got connected and developed a great OS. He did gain something in exchange: trust, reputation and power but I wouldn't say that I'm the product in this case.

That was an old era when people actually cared about collaborating and improving software.

Now it seems that everyone wants to ship out a worse product to make money.

The white-label VPNs are a good example. Most are woefully public-facing, while the affiliates are encouraged to lie about the privacy strength to get more sales.

[SFR10]

.Small update about discounted prices.

Windscribe is celebrating its 10th year by offering a 58% discount ^{[$69 > $29]} on its yearly plan ^[source].
^{- I couldn't find the exact end date, but this promo is still active with "this link".}

Surfshark also celebrated its birthday last month by offering some discounts ^{[$63 > $48 for 27 months]} and according to this "PCWorld article", this promo ends on the 11th of May.

[LoyceV]

That was an old era when people actually cared about collaborating and improving software.
Now it seems that everyone wants to ship out a worse product to make money.

I'm always surprised that the shittiest, utterly unimportant piece of software on a phone wants my money before I can install it (as if!), while I have an entire computer filled with the best free Open Source Software out there! I dislike phones more and more, the entire Play store makes me feel like I am the product instead of the customer who paid good money for that phone.
My computer is the opposite: I haven't paid anything for the software on it, and it makes me feel like I own the place

[dkbit98]

NYM Vpn just added split tunneling and they updated interface for linux and android:
https://nym.com/blog/nymvpn-v2026.8

Also consider LibreWolf, it has been around longer and may be better choice if you don't like Zen UI.

Yeah, Librewolf is also great and it follows Firefox release closely, but you obviously won't have firefox VPN available there

Surfshark also celebrated its birthday last month by offering some discounts ^{[$63 > $48 for 27 months]} and according to this "PCWorld article", this promo ends on the 11th of May.

I wouldn't touch surfshark vpn with a stick.

That was an old era when people actually cared about collaborating and improving software.

Some people still care, otherwise we wouldn't have open source bitcoin wallets, linux OS, etc.

I dislike phones more and more, the entire Play store makes me feel like I am the product instead of the customer who paid good money for that phone.

Tell me about it... smartphones are a nightmare, and we need comeback of old style minimal phones.
Even new laptops are mostly crap, but new Framework 13 Pro is actually not bad.

[joker_josue]

I just found this thread, which I think is very interesting.

But, looking at the OP, I have a question.

Why is NordVPN in the "Non-Privacy Focused Mainstream VPNs" category and not in the "Privacy Focused Mainstream VPNs" category?