In any case you are not aware:


https://nordvpn.com/blog/addressing-alleged-salesforce-breach/

I find it very strange that probably more than 90% of VPN providers offer us terrible monthly prices but good discounts on annual subscriptions. I understand that business prefers to get the most of the money immediately instead of months later because one of the main reason is inflation and secondly, they can use the big budget to invest more into marketing and product development but the difference between monthly and annual plans is insane. Their monthly prices are so terrible that they basically tell us to not buy a VPN if we want it for month(s), only buy it if we want it for years. On the other hand, Mullvad and Windscribe work perfectly fine with their cheap monthly prices, so I assume that this price model should also be profitable. Why is there a lack of companies that offer normal monthly prices (slightly higher than Mullvad, Windscribe and IVPN) but discount on annual plans.

Annoying, yes. But definitely not strange.

It's a very common tatic to make you commit long term to their service. If they just charge $3 per month, many people will cancel after 2 or 3 months. If you offer a good price with a 1 year commitment, they get you into the service for that long = profit.

Obviously they still profit at $3/monthly, VPN costs are extremely low (you can "make" your own VPN with a $1/month VPS). That doesn't mean they won't do what they can to increase profit.

This is mostly a marketing trick, here many supermarkets do the same: they offer a money back guarantee in case you're not satisfied for any reason. It's easy to post the sign, it looks good, and best of all: barely anyone uses it. So I expect the same for VPN users: once they sign up, most people won't cancel it even if they barely use it.

They do and despite being a big fan of them, I have to agree with Clearcast on this one... I'm not sure what they were thinking when they opted to include "paedophiles, rapists, murderers" in the ad script ^{[I understand why this might give the wrong idea to some and I would've rejected the same ad/commercial as well]}.

Sorry, I should've included that word ^{[my bad]} and I do agree with the fact that governments tend to use every single excuse they can make to increase surveillance, but I think Mullvad could've conveyed their message even without those controversial words.
^{- FWIW, I wouldn't be surprised if they deliberately did it to get more publicity out of it.}

It's crazy they started banning ads on TV in UK, and I think they are going to start asking for verification to use VPN in near future, for ''child protection''
They are probably going to start with adult website and than expand to social networks and everything else... they are not even hiding it anymore.

As they say: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions".

Both of you are right ^{[I should've referred to those as sensitive subjects, instead of controversial words]}

@Synchronice
I just noticed ExpressVPN no longer has a Bitcoin/cryptocurrency option ^[screenshot] and based on "this post on their subreddit", it appears this has been the case for at least the past two months.

I don't know the current situation, but some years ago ExpressVPN was by far the best and the only one that reliably worked for Netflix/Amazon etc (I used it mainly for that reason) so it maybe that's why they are still getting away with those prices.