Select country on free plan
I want to be able to select the country at least, I don't care if I cant choose the server or not, but its annoying having to connect to a place on the other side of the world. I most likely will stop using this VPN if this is not added back.
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RavenPCenter commented
As a free plan user, I even asked my friend for the old version of ProtonVPN so that I could select the countries. Although the old version only has three countries to select, it is still better than the new version.
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Get better commented
I want to be able to select the country This is incredibly depressed.
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Ganja Anzalone commented
discovered this after signing up..... what the **** gives???
NEVER heard of a vpn that doesnt at least provide basic choices for free accounts. ****
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Руслан Ковязин commented
На бесплатном тарифе каждые 5 минут сам отключается и выкидывает что делать
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trader mu commented
I disagree with a majority of these comments. I can't think of a single privacy centric VPN that even allows a free trial on their fastest servers. I can only think of Tunnelbear, which isn't good, and you get like 500mb of their fast servers that they pick for you. Privacy isn't free, just like freedom.
If you want to test the speed, shell out $10. You get what you pay for and there are privacy centric payment methods. If you can't afford that, head over to Mullvad (no free trial period) or iVPN (no free trial period). Both of them are like $5 and my only other VPNS that I use.
If you're wondering about the speeds:
On US servers with about 1gig speeds at home I tend to get around 20mbps, which is not the best but not the worst and since it is included with my Proton suite I use it. Fine enough to stream and download and have been with slower providers. For the privacy and everything else bundled in, I'll take it. -
Von Holguin commented
Really slimy, removing this option for free users when it is the main VPN use case. I expected better from Proton.
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Tom commented
If selecting country isn't possible, then how about selection world region? N/S Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia?
It would maintain the flexibility of proton slotting free users into servers with capacity, while not routing the connection to the other side of the planet.
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KJay Black commented
nice choice of countries and my free account keeps not signing me in at the moment but sends me to mail. instead why:
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Nikolaus Kühn commented
As a paying proton mail user that only rarely needs VPN country selection is the much more interesting feature than speed. If I would rely on VPN as a daily driver I would pay for it to get the full speed.
As a completely free user (i.e. not even paying for mail) I'd say any restriction is fine but I lack a plan differentitation for paying customers that are not needing VPN a lot. -
EldrinSMP commented
The choice to remove the option to choose what country I connect to makes the free Proton VPN completely useless for me. I primarily used it to connect to my secure services when forced to use public WiFi, but unfortunately my secure services block international connections without prior authorization given and travel plans logged. Forcing me to. the Netherlands 100% of the time makes my use case completely invalid. How can this e good for users when it completely goes against our best interests. Knowing that you violated the contracts of your paid users when doing this as well destroys the long-standing trust I've had in Proton. I'd planned on subscribing to SimpleLogin for email masking, but knowing this and knowing they are a Proton company, I'll be checking into alternatives.
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Martin Blackwell commented
Not really selling the paid VPN service if you cannot test the usefulness from different countries.
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Get better commented
This is incredibly frustrating I want to be able to select the country
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Reza Helios commented
خوبه
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secureworld commented
As a US user of Proton products since close to the time Proton Mail was in the early stages, the products have been great. However, I agree with the OP that this change in Proton VPN is annoying. The connections to the Netherlands ("NL") more than 90% of the time during the weekdays and even weekends are absolutely frustrating, especially when US sites block access because they detect an international IP. Now, when this happens I just don't use Proton VPN and switch to another. I was thinking of a paid plan before this change, but this move by Proton does not entice me to sign up for a paid plan, which it appears is the main goal of Proton here. Bring back the country selection on the free plan, especially for US users.
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Gabriel Nunes commented
As a long-time paying user of Proton's services, I am completely disappointed with the new Android VPN app in general, and with this regression for free users in particular.
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Patrick commented
I agree completely. The VPN service is completely useless now. And as a reply to Proton Admin: if connection speed is supposed to be the most important to 99% of the users, why do you put a timer on changing servers if not to force people to a paid subscription?
I was actually thinking of taking a subscription, but this makes me rethink it unfortunately. Just be honest about why you have changed it...
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春華 commented
You're just from those country which Internet was not blocked by gov and access any websites easily ,Why do you care if you can switch countries?
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Sponsi commented
So it really is a thing!
I wanted to check something with one of the three countries I had on my plan
and let's not call it a FREE plan! I have the Mail Plus plan which included 3 servers!!!!
Now the support says there are 5 servers but they are rotating... and including my domestic VPN but why would I want a domestic VPN?
People use VPN to access services from other countries, OF COURSE not for BS like "because I want to feel safe" - as if logging in via VPN from Italy would be safe in any way.
And the support keeps repeating itself.
And why did you make the change just like that!
It's breaking the rules of the contract we established when I was purchasing the Mail Plus plan!
First you lie in the sales, comparing no discount to sale discount,
then you don't allow prolonging accounts with sale discounts
and now THIS?I tend to watch the Dutch TV via VPN... now I can't. PATHETIC.
AND REMEMBER: It's not the free plan! I paid for Mail Plus which included VPN with 3 servers!!!!
You really want to antagonize people?
PATHETIC.
This is the "free world" service you were trying to create? -
UserNumber13 commented
Give the basic universal VPN options and features back to the free users. Removing them makes 0 sense, especially those who need it. Scummy move on ProtonVPN, shame on them. In order to bring back trust to free users, revert the changes back and give the free users the options they need.
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Northern Proton commented
I only need access to VPN a few times per year, so the free plan and going to the most available server is usually fine. EXCEPT WHEN IT ISN'T.
It is not fine when I am away on a trip and I need to do some banking for a few minutes. My bank detects that I am not in North America and completely blocks my access. This happens maybe two or three times per year. Coming from a free VPN in the Netherlands do not solve my problem, it has to be a server in North America. I think paying for VPN service for 1 month at $10USD to do a few minutes of banking once or twice in that month is pretty expensive.
I like Proton products a lot and will continue recommending them to lots of friends and family. I think this change is a step in the wrong direction. Please consider bringing back "Select country on free plan". Put some creative limitations on it if necessary.