I’ve heard that free VPNs tend to get their ip addresses banned which makes them unreliable whereas a good paid VPN will consistently change their ip addresses.
Always remember. If something is free it’s cause you’re the product. Do with that info what you will.
Reliability isn’t the question…
Pipes and servers are expensive. If you’re not paying, someone is. And that someone wants something. Typically, it’s your traffic data. So the VPN may in fact be reliable, but not because it’s for you.
Free yes.
But they will sell ur data.
Gonna make money.
Free VPNs lack important features. Among other things they almost always lack:
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Kill switch.
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P2P support.
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Port forwarding
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No-logs policy.
You will also be sold out if the VPN provider is pressured even slightly.
Spammers will just create multiple accounts on every free providers they can find. They also use paid providers, but far fewer of them do, and each spammers are unlikely to pay for all paid providers.
Even if the IP isn’t banned, free providers don’t have the budget nor incentive to maintain enough bandwidth, free users will put up with constant disconnection while subscribers will quickly unsubscribe and demand for refund.
… and you haven’t said what reliability are your looking for? A reliable connection for streaming? A reliable company who doesn’t tap your traffic? A reliable speed for gaming?
Anything free comes with its drawbacks.
If it’s true that free VPNs get their IP addresses banned, how often do they get new IP addresses compared to paid VPNs.
I don’t know about each and every free VPNs, but if it is free, you are not expecting frequent IP updates. Even paid VPNs do not often win the cat and mouse game.