Based Mullvad, once again
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this post was submitted on 21 May 2026
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I really wish I could use them but it never works with my streaming services. I've had to stick to Proton or NordVPN for reliable streaming :(
They literally say that they don't support streaming sites somewhere. Why even try? All those services are actively putting protections against vpns and fighting them as much as they can. A vpn service to support streaming sites needs to be constantly fighting and working on it.
ah okay, didn't realize that. Sounds like mullvad just isn't a good fit for my use case.
Have you tried all the extra settings they have to bypass blockers? Thereβs a lot of ways to change things to get it to work.
It's probably been a year or so since I've given Mullvad another try, so maybe it's time I do that soon.
something that works for me is trying different servers until one gets through, i.e. it's not in the site's blocklist. Then I favorite that server and use it whenever I need that particular site
Even proton is super exposed to the web, I hate nord but they're the only one I've ever used where you barely ever get captchas or broken apps
Even on lemmy. Sometimes I can't comment because I'm on proton vpn..
Me too, but I managed to make it work by trying different servers. For example for Japanese Netflix I use jp-osa-wg-004 instead of the default
Are English subs available when you're on a Japan server? I haven't checked it yet but my wife says it isn't available, so we usually go for Singapore or Malaysia.
The other problem is it seems they are implementing some restrictions somehow because a lot of the anime shows we watch have disappeared, whereas another user on the same account who is located in Asia (not necessarily in Singapore and Malaysia) has access to the very same shows.
For Frieren there were Japanese and English subs
Just checked, itβs hit-or-miss, like around a third of the content doesnβt have English subs available. And yeah, Frieren does have eng subs.
Self-hosted is unfortunately the way to go.
Average Mullvad win
Damn, I read that article describing the fingerprinting a week ago I think it was. That is some damn good turnaround from one of the few companies I still love.
What one programmer can do in one month two can do in two months. Mullvad is small and dedicated enough to not have to wait for a separate QA team, etc.
If only they allowed port forwarding
Agreed, but the reason why they stopped allowing it is fairly understandable. Would be nice if there was another way to still allow it but at the same time, prevent the sharing of abusive content, all while maintaining user privacy.
Would be nice to have uPNP with a ~6 hour rotation just for torrenting.
Other VPN providers still allow it even with abusive content - maybe you need a good legal strategy to avoid getting in trouble for the actions of your users
Other providers may have logs despite saying the contrary, idk.
That's the only reason I use PIA VPN instead of them.
Also. They no longer support OpenVPN. All my systems cannot transition to Wireguard as it breaks security stuff.
What did it break? My router broke and I bought one that supports wire guard.
I breaks my application firewall rules. I never used it on a router.
what security stuff?
My firewall does not support wireguard.
Skill issue
When I read the post about that, my guess was that Mullvad would quickly work in it. I am happy to have been right.
Wuuut?!!
EDIT: calm down, no panic needed
You're not the boss of me, I'll panic if I want to.
Yeah man it's your party, you can panic if you want to.
You would panic too if it happened to you
You can dance if you want to.
You can leave your friends behind.
Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance, well they're no friends of mine