Hello everyone,
I am very new and recently have decided to move away our growing home/work network away from Google and also increase our digital security. I got recommended to try Proton as it is (as I understand) a full suite of feature we would use (be it mail, productivity apps, vpn, authenticator, cloud) but seeing some of the reactions here, I am concerned.
Are there any really grave concerns about Proton or any substantial flaws I should be aware of as a new user? I also got some mixed reviews about unstable gaming sessions (that would be a home disaster for the kids hehe) as it disconnects but I suppose that is a problem of the free limited VPN connecting to free servers.
Thank you in advance for any input.
EDIT: Thank you again very much to all of you for your time and insight <3 I will investigate all the suggestions/experience and slowly work my way to a better workframe. Again - thank you!
Testing is the best option and see what works best for you.
I torrent and have no issues seeding while using Mullvad. Maybe the seed takes longer, no sure, but it does happen.
Thank you for this piece of info. OK that’s also confusing, from what I understood, seeding is not possible without port forwarding? I have to go and fact-check again about this. Maybe test both Mullvad and ProtonVPN for one month… If I do, I’ll report with a post here.
I had a look around this morning and found this detailed explanation https://smarttechsavvy.com/how-does-bittorrent-work-without-port-forwarding/. This appears to match my experience with Mullvad, seeding is shower but does happen.
PS: there seems to be a good explanation here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/1g85476/guide_do_i_need_portforwarding/
One of the downsides with Mullvad, at least for me, is not being able to read Reddit without an account. Still, thanks for the info.