Developers of virtual private network (VPN) apps are reporting that their products are again being pulled from Apple’s App Store in Russia. This is an unacceptable crackdown on a vital tool to protect privacy and speech online. Why? VPNs give people a way to control their own online activities. When you visit a website through…
I realize this is Russia spicific but Canada is moving that same way. I luckily am slowly climbing out of the Apple walled garden, my next phone is going to be a pixel so I can install GeapheneOS and use F-Droid as the store, or whatever it is called, so that I can keep my wireguard setup.
The other half of this is paying for it. If the VPN is tied to your card, the app being pulled from a store is the smaller problem. Mullvad, IVPN and AirVPN all take Monero, and Mullvad and IVPN don’t even ask for an email. Worth it for anyone in a place where the next step after delisting is asking who the customers are.
