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I hope this question is OK to ask?

I've seen SurfShark get a lot of hate from privacy communities both on here an Reddit, and I'm wondering what makes it so bad in people's eyes. I'm asking as I currnet user of the service who is weighing up his options as my sub will be up soon.

Thanks.

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[–] AnAnonymousApe@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks those who have responded. I guess it remains the case that nobody has yet made a stong arugment against using SurfShark, so I'll likely stick with them (at least until someon convinces me otherwise). Their are few VPNs that do everything I need, only SurfShark, Proton, Mullvad and Windscribe. I've had issues with all but SurfShark, which is why I stick with them, but because I read so much hate for that service I wanted to someone to make a reasoned argument detailing why I shoudn't use them, before I move to an alternative (likely Proton). I tried asking in Lemmy's largest Privacy sub and my post was removed without comment and I received no response from the mods when I asked, so I'm glad the mod here is more reasonable.