What is the point of VPN profiles, if you cannot save the most essential connection settings into them?
When I use the VPN for everyday web surfing, checking emails, or streaming Netflix, I do not use features like split-tunnel, port-forwarding, or NAT moderation.
When I use the VPN for P2P file sharing (torrent), instead, I do need to activate the three features I just mentioned.
Therefore, at the moment I have to open the application settings and change these three manually every single time.
What is the point of allowing users to setup connection profiles for different purposes, if you cannot save essential connection settings that are clearly an advantage for some of those purposes (that you designed profiles for), and clearly a disadvantage (if not a risk) for others?
Please introduce the ability to save into each profile different settings for the split-tunnel, port-forwarding, and NAT moderation features.
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Agreed. I would add kill switch to the list too, especially with how it interacts with split tunnelling.
Being able to set port forwarding, moderate NAT, split tunneling, and kill switch per profile would greatly reduce the likelihood of human error for people who commonly switch these settings, as well as simply being a huge improvement to the user experience.
EDIT: I have more thoughts on this. There's one major advantage to the way profiles function now: they are easy to understand. Someone with no tech knowledge whatsoever can probably figure out how to make a profile that suits their needs as long as they at least vaguely understand what a VPN is supposed to do. HOWEVER, there are ways to get the best of both worlds. Create an "Advanced settings" button that expands the list of settings. That way, less tech-savvy users aren't overwhelmed with confusing settings, but more advanced users have greater customizability.