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Must've been someone else then
Not anything in particular, that I have seen.
I bought the Ivacy lifetime bundle last week, and thought I'd provide my feedback in case it's useful for Ympker's list.
Purchase via stacksocial was smooth, and redeeming the lifetime pass was easy. Unfortunately, the VPN itself seems incredibly unstable. On the desktop app (macOS) I cannot connect to about 90% of the servers, it just hangs on 'connecting'. None of the 'streaming' or 'secure' downloads options work. I contacted support and they said to just try reinstalling, which of course didn't solve the problem.
On mobile (Android) I can't even login - it gives me an endless login loop.
Their website claims they have VPN servers in mainland China (https://www.ivacy.com/vpn-servers/china-vpn/) but none were in the list. After contacting their support they gave me a server address and told me to connect using L2TP - the server was in HK and not China, unfortunately.
In hindsight, I thinkit would have been better for me to just pick up several VPSes on the cheap (like Hosthatch does with bundling 10 servers in different countries for about $10/year). Their support is responsive, but not that helpful. Maybe the login and connection issues and because they have onboarded a lot of new users since Black Friday, so things will get better? I will keep checking - Stacksocial does not allow refunds so I'll have this VPN for lifetime! 😝
That's strange. I've had a solid experience with them even on Android.
Sounds kinda odd. Ivacy worked just fine for me today (basically instant connection; Wireguard, Android). Don't regret it, they have a lifetime to improve the service for you now
Check my Ivacy app and connection speed (almost instantly connects):
https://i.gyazo.com/7bb4d560827cd16a91128e2b1f38591a.mp4
Some of the lifetime products I bought (only) later became more valuable.
Still, Ivacy is working fine for me (it was very buggy in the past and I would always complain about their buggy apps, but for me at least, that was in the past).
@Ympker Any of those provide a proxy (socks etc.) as well along with VPN with the LTD?
@Ympker Is Opera browser with free VPN a good alternative?
Not that I know of the top of my head.
I thought Keepsolid offered some (free?) Proxies.
Usually, the browser extension would act as proxy and vpn as another ip change. So I usually just use both (e.g. windscribe + ws extension, keepsolid + keepsold extension etc).
Never tried it. Free usually has some catch. Why is it free? Best ti DYOR
Also picked up Ivacy. Everything is working fine no issues logging in etc. However, i'm also having the issue where none of the streaming USA servers are working!
On a side note @Ympker are you aware of any lifetime or even lengthy subscription 5 year+ to SmartDNS's or VPNs with included SmartDNS? I already have GetFlix/Controld and VPN Unlimited.
Iirc BulletVPN on Stacksocial includes SmartDNS, though I have heard mixed things about that one. VPNSecure also had SmartDNS, although not sure if anymore. I really liked SmartDNS initially, now Getflix removed Flix and I just ended up using VPNs to unblock it.
Yeah I think Controld is the my versatile especially for Netflix etc. I picked up the stack social deal where after the first year it's $10 yearly after that for full Control Package. It unblocks the most of any SmartDNS i've seen by some distance. I'll check out the ones you mentioned thank you!
EDIT: I did check out Bullet but for the life of me couldn't see a channel list on what they unblock which is a bit concerning haha!
Just a little update. On my Stacksocial I had $15 Credits and a i found a 15% code before they ran out. So i chanced BulletVPN for about $20. VPN is actually solid. It connects really fast. I mainly use VPNS just for geo restricted content. I can confirm it works on Sling, ESPN, Paramount Plus, Peacock and NBC. Well worth the cash imo. Especially if you can stack to get it cheaper.
GooseVPN (dutch lifetime vpn) has been added to the list Pulled the trigger yesterday.
Updated existing entries in the list. Tl;dr:
RA4W VPN has run away from it, the official website can not be opened for a long time!
Yeah, I bought them once and never ended up using them. That's why I didn't notice haha. Listed it only for the sake of completion in my list.
Also used CasVPN and LightyearVPN, both also ran away, but stacksocial refunded the money.
TigerVPN and RA4W VPN also ran away, but I didn't get a refund from stacksocial!
has anyone tried SlickVPN & RealVPN? I see the price is very cheap on stacksocial, only $ 19.99 for a lifetime, but I'm hesitant to buy it, afraid of scams
Slick seems kind of dead (android app also vanished). Realvpn had apparently some good speeds. I remember some people on LET picked it up (maybe it was even @Nekki ?), but back then (maybe still?) they only had Ikev2.
Thanks for this spreadsheet!
This is actually the reason why I signed up for LET just the other day.
I've been really getting into LTD's, and was looking for a proper place to discuss this with other people. Reddit didn't do much, but fortunately I found this place!
Like many others, I've been with Ivacy for a good while now.
The experience has been good, and I feel like I'm getting my money's worth (for a Lifetime deal, this is a given).
I especially like that their Support Chat is so quick to respond. I needed some help with their OpenVPN config files, and a member of support was quick to help me reset my password to make it work.
I was eyeing out a BulletVPN LTD from SS, mainly because of them already having Wireguard, but I never got around to it.
There seems to be a good reputation for VPN Unlimited, so I'm waiting for Black Friday to hopefully get a good deal on that.
Goose VPN is interesting, and I hope they grow into something good.
As it looks like, I don't think they'll become the next big thing though, but we'll have to wait and see. For $19 it can't go too wrong.
The VPN I'm longing for the most, and really wish I was quicker to pull the trigger on, would have to be Windscribe.
Even with multiple lifetime-subscriptions for paid VPN's, I'm still using a free account with Windscribe more often than not.
I really wish there was some way to still get a lifetime account with them.
I had one. It wasn't very good.
First of all, they're giving you a "Pro" account, and not a "Pro Plus" or whatever they call it.
This means that you wont have access to all of their servers when you sign up, in fact only a couple locations (I think ~10 servers in total).
You need to start a ticket with StackSocial, which will then involve SlickVPN in the discussion, and only then will your account be upgraded to the proper Premium type.
If you make a ticket directly through SlickVPN, you'll just get a canned answer after a couple of days.
That being said, their servers are not up to par at all.
They're using various dedicated servers, which does not seem optimized for VPN usage.
Lots of their servers are permanently down. The ones that are up are throttled because of high usage.
I have a feeling that their servers are getting hammered with questionable usage. Be prepared for Captcha-hell if you stick with these for daily usage...
All in all, it was a very bad experience with them, and I ended up actually getting a refund, even though it took me a couple of tries.
For $19 you can get a lot more if you pick another provider and use a coupon code.
Possibly stupid question: What does 'LTD' mean?
Life-time deal
I always read it as a limited time deal ;-)
I guess among these "lifetime" vpn, only windscribe end up becoming the most worth it. At least for me.
I've got ivacy and vpn unlimited lifetime since 2018-19 but its idling nowadays, been subscribing to windscribe pro. I got lucky to be offered windscribe $10/year account. Guess not as jackpot as getting $69 windscribe lifetime from 2017 but at least I'm more confident they're not going to yank my account from me as all these lifetime accounts would be eventually.
"Likely To Dissolve" - The unfortunate fate of many startups
Funny to see this getting bumped whilst I'm searching for one. When would the next sale most likely occur? Ivacy is currently $40, which isn't best, but doesn't seem too bad, so I might as well as just go ahead with it. I'm planning on doing some P2P stuff, if that matters.
Blackfriday or cyber monday in 2 months. Thats assuming those provider still have the deals listed on stacksocial. Tbh $40 for ivacy aren't that bad. Torrent works with it albeit with limited dedicated server, 40 servers listed as torrent server rn on Android app. You probably can get 10% off coupon for new reg on stacksocial.
looking any vpn offer, past few year i'm using VPN Unlimited.
looking more for personal use
I don't think I've seen Ivacy cheaper than 40$ for a looong while. It's been exempt from codes most of the times iirc.
How did you get $10/year windscribe account? Is it recurring?
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