
The management of a company defines the direction of the business. How can you trust a service to protect your privacy when you don't even know who their management is and what kind of people they are (based on public information available), the simple fact they're hiding their management faces is a big red flag. Hiding their management identities as much as possible. If you go to Windscribe's Discord, you can see him chat with the community on a daily basis.Ĭheck the other VPN providers and you won't even see their staff's profile.

There's no other CEO that is more active and approachable than Yegor. They let others test it first and they will refine it. You can think of their approach to what Apple does on their new products and updates. They ensure to try and test newly introduced technologies before implementing their service. With just $2 to $3 a month, you get a secure, fast, and private VPN! The Ala-Carte subscription is a good way for individuals who don't have enough money or usually just connect to one or two countries. Windscribe is the cheapest premium VPN you can get. For websites that are blocking your VPN, try to ask the website to unblock it though there's a 50% chance that they will not. Disable it and use the VPN with the Backend Server only. Tip #3 If using Double Hop doesn't produce a good browsing experience. Video streaming based on experience is also not an issue. Tip #2 In case you do a speed test and see the speed is slower and ping is a bit high while using Double Hop, that's fine, websites will still generally load fast after your first-time visit since most content of the website is cached on your browser.
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Tip #1: To use setup above, you need at least 2 premium countries on Ala-Carte subscription, or else, you'll have to use the free servers as Frontend Server which is not ideal due to the high possibility that they're already blocked or really slow speed due to lots of connected users. If the problem still persists, ask Windscribe for assistance.

There are cases that both your Frontend Server and Backend Server are blocked by the website but this is a rare occurrence but can be solved by changing your Frontend Server in the same country and selecting another city/server. Thus unblocking your connection to website blocking your Frontend Server. You can simply whitelist the website connectivity to allow your Backend Server to connect directly instead. In case, a website blocks your Frontend Server. Let's call this the Frontend Server - When you browse, you can use Frontend Server to browse websites that are inaccessible when browsing with just your Backend Server. Next on the Browser Extension, choose another country that is on par or close to the stability and speed of your Stable Server. The strategy to use the Double Hop feature properly is to connect your Windscribe Desktop app to the closest country where the VPN servers are most stable and fastest for you. This is the beauty of the Double Hop feature of the browser extension and how it can help you unblock most websites that are blocked for you. Windscribe will suggest you connect to another server but you don't want to switch servers you're connecting with because either you're on Ala-Carte subscription or the server you usually connect to is the fastest and most stable that is available for you. A lot of websites blocks VPN for a lot of reasons and many of you have reported that Windscribe is not working on the X website while connected to the X Windscribe server. Website Widgets / Sidebars).ĭouble Hopping - Let's face it.

Running both allows you to block ads and trackers on the DNS level and the extension allows you to block ad leftovers or modify the webpages of non-essentials elements that you personally don't want to see the next time you visit the website (e.g. R.O.B.E.R.T and Ad Blocking - There's a limitation to what R.O.B.E.R.T as a DNS ad & tracker blocker can do in terms of cosmetics or ad leftovers.

The Browser Extension and the Desktop App complements each other so well and the real usage of Windscribe is to run both, here's why. You'll see that Windscribe has the most features available, to name the core features: Now focusing on the top players in the market and compare. If you go to the Chrome Web Store (CWS) or Mozilla Add-ons (AMO) and search for VPN extensions, there's a lot available. Why does Windscribe have the most developed extensions amongst all VPN providers? Testing various VPN providers and watching lots of reviews over the years.Īnd I can finally say I somehow understand the ingenuity of the foundation and development model of Windscribe and can honestly say, it's a carefully considered and well-thought-out. I have been on and off with my subscription with Windscribe since I first signed up in 2017.
