Disclaimer: I know TurboVPN and the others mentioned are not good services to use, I’m strictly doing research. I’m not looking for VPN recommendations.

Genuinely wondering how these numbers are possible? 300M downloads and 8.35M reviews…? How?! Not even Amazon Shopping app or Disney+ have this many reviews. And surely NordVPN and Express VPN are considerable larger in both users and resources? I’ve never seen a sponsorship, not even once, from Turbo VPN. Are these numbers regional based? Is Turbo VPN more known in other regions? Is it easy to spoof these numbers?

Appreciate any comments on the matter, and have a nice day 🌻

  • dev_null@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    7 months ago

    So what I’m reading from your comment is:

    • They accept refunds even if you were already using the service for up to 30 days
    • They have support that will help you diagnose issues
    • They will give you a refund if they can’t solve your issue
    • They usually get back to you within 3 days
    • You are not locked in to their app and can use other ones if they work better for you

    Thanks for the info, I should try them.

    • thirteene@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Leak your identity twice in 20 days and get denied a refund and get stuck in a multi-year plan. Yup they are great

    • Ziglin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      If you care about privacy you should use tor/the tor network:

      • It’s free
      • It can’t track you unless someone happens to own your entire route the network, which hopefully isn’t happening and would have to a very big actor and would only be a low chance
      • You can use tor bridges to bypass censorship and detection
      • You can visit hidden services if you find out their .onion address
      • You can host hidden services if you find out how to configure tor
      • You can switch to a VPN if you really want
      • Has integration into an existing privacy centred browser but can be used with anything that supports sock5 proxies