You can sign on for 39.99 or so wonder if I could cancel and then sign back up for that rate… I hate returning customers get to pay more but guess that is common…
I mainly use it for torrenting. PIA has always worked well for me but the app recently stopped updating for win 7 although it still works on it in a diminished capacity. I emailed the company and they don’t seem to think only having half the features is reason to lower the rate any after the rate randomly going up and down for years… I have been with them since like 2019 so haven’t really kept up. I would just as soon pay them as its what I already have if there is nothing cheaper or better for the same price. I am not all that worried about having the most secure… I just use it for torrenting.
In my experience, I couldn’t find a way to get a “new customer” rate on renew, so I went to cancel PIA, it asked why I was canceling, and I picked the option for “too expensive” or something like that. By the end of the cancellation process it gave me the option to resub for whatever the promo rate was at the time. So you should definitely try to cancel and see if you can get the better price.
Any good reason to still use win7? Support ended a long time ago and security will only get worse. I get that ‘it works’ but that doesn’t seem worth in the context.
get mullvad. as for your operating system, i heavily recommend u use linux, something like Mint will be perfect for you since you’re from a Windows ecosystem. its very forgiving in terms of resource consumption and you’ll continue to get updated security patches.
Stay far away from PIA, had them for 2 years, renewed at end and was double billed. I had two (2) different email confirmations of the same renewal. I thought a simple double billing but their only response is they have to abide by the bank. The bank? What bank?
They have since changed the double billing on their end to include some cloud service I was never interested in. Other than that…every IP addy they have is busted for trying to use streaming services that you actually pay for
There’s not much to worry about when you just pirate TV, movies, audio books. I don’t install stuff u would get viruses from. Plus I been using blockers since they existed and know what to not click…so I do alright with it. I love win 7, I’d use it forever if it was possible.
I got a offer from them on a 2 year rate that’s similar but it’s still more than i wanted to have to pay at once. I guess I sound pretty cheap but in this economy its been rough. I will probably end up staying with them was just kinda curious what else was out there and pricing
That would cost more though. I’m trying to save money. When I build a new one I probably will go with Linux provided Firefox and qbtorrent and all my related stuff will work on it. I just want something that browses fast and let’s me control my system I basically just use for media anyways. What are the drawbacks to Linux… that is what I need to find out
The app still works it just doesn’t have all the features or updates… just started this year.
I will never install a newer version of windows on this computer lol. I searched the net till I found a program somewhere on reddit that completely stopped those forced 10 upgrades back when that was happening… I was so thankful for that… It works perfectly and has worked perfectly for over a decade with some added ram and a bunch of drives. Never seen a computer work right after a upgraded os when it was made to run on another one.
I’d honestly build a new windows 7 machine and use it till the day I die if I wasn’t afraid of losing all support but just this year a lot of things I did update have stopped updating… for instance I can’t get the newest qbtorrent. I am thinking of going to linux on my next machine. I had such a horrible experience with ten… I just don’t like all the options removed I have on 7.