Hello, I’m new to the community and I need some help/ advice.
I’m looking to get a vpn and so far PIA and Proton are my first options.
I’d like to get an opinion about PIA and its perks. Things that it does better than Proton and why I should choose it!
I’m kinda new to the vpn world so, this would be really helpful!
Pros - Split tunnelling AND reverse split tunneling, port forwarding with multiport forwarding coming.
Cons - I don’t have any
One con is that they don’t have config files available to download that enable one to easily set up their router to connect via WireGuard. Several (most?) VPN providers provide both OpenVPN and WireGuard configs at this point. Out of all my time with them since 2017, that’s the one disappointment for me.
From a cons perspective, I really loathe Google Captcha enough to completely switch from using most of Google’s services. If you’re US based, Ring has a hard time with connecting while using PIA. For food Clover also is problematic.
PIA is far cheaper than Proton in long term plans, the rest is very similar that is why you can´t decide.
With the price of the subscription with unlimited device use what could you ask for if you are new to VPN, PIA VPN is a good starter
I guess it depends what you want the VPN for?
I’ve been using PIA for 10 years and I can honestly say the best thing about it, is that I don’t notice it. It just works.
I’ve got the client on my android phone, my mac and my linux gaming rig.
But that may not be the most important thing - and indeed it isn’t.
The single most important thing is trust - and to date, I’ve had no reason to be concerned about PIA.
Pros? - That up there ^^^
Cons?
I’m not a hardcore user at all, I use hardly any of the features. The only con I can see is I have to pay for it 
I’ve only been on the service for a week and it’s fine except for the google captcha. I have subscriptions to other VPN services and I’ve never seen so many on US servers. I subscribed to PIA since it’s one of the few VPNs that still offer port forwarding.
I currently use surfshark, but I am looking at going with Pia but I wanted to know if I can log family into the vpn using a code like I can with surfshark
The app is not the best. Especially if you want to ise the per app settings - they just don’t work. And I’ve asked about this. They sent me an old apk and said use that…
Pros: You can torrent without getting DMCA’d
Cons: All of your personal data is getting siphoned to Israel
I had to switch from PIA because I could not watch an Australian TV show that we like (on 10play) from the US. When I contacted their customer support, they just said that they did not guarantee any service would be available. I thought that was crap customer support.
How is the experience with the interface? Like on pc and iOS/ android
But do you think it would affect a more normal user 
like just to use it for browsing, writing articles, research, and content creation?
I just downloaded the OVPN.ZIP file from their website.
Where it is windows, android, Linux.
Right at the bottom there is an expandable section for router configs.
This was achievable in 2020 too.
It’s not as easy to find, granted, but it is there.
Hope this helps
Having the same issues with Ring and Google and sometimes Amazon.
Without split tunneling browsing with PIA is impossible.
if you sign in to your google account i find the captcha only shows up once in a while. and when it does show up. you just click the box and you skip through it
Do you know if the price increases through the years ? Like once you get it
I use the mobile version on iOS and the desktop version on MacOS, up until recently the MacOS version was pretty janky, but them seem to have fixed it. No issues on iOS