I’m due to renew my subscription to Hotspot Shield as my VPN provider.

Before I spend more on this, anybody have another recommendation? I’m willing to pay.

What I want in a VPN is some protection of my ID and data, most importantly when I’m using a public hotspot but even when I’m at home on Cox.

So based on your experience, anyone see a better choice for that specific purpose?

I noted these comments in a recent discussion of VPN services:
  • I've used ProtonVPN for a bit. They seem OK, and have a solid privacy policy, though their service quality on the free tier is low.
  • I use both VPN Unlimited and PIA VPN. 
  • I've used ProtonVPN for a bit. They seem OK, and have a solid privacy policy,
  • I'm fond of ipredator.se. I'm unfond of vypervpn. 
  • I use ip vanish on my PC and my phone.
  • OpenVPN comes to the top of my list
Hotspot Shield has been OK. My only gripe is that sometimes Google Maps decides I’m in Brazil or the UK and I can’t dissuade it, even though I had been using USA as my country.

I have to turn VPN off to get to certain sites, but I presume any VPN would be recognized and blocked by those sites.

Hotspot Shield works pretty smoothly, for as little as $5.99 a month for a one-year subscription or a $119.99 one-time payment. I’m considering doing the one-shot payment, having bought in for smaller periods until now. I haven’t used it on other devices yet, but would like to put it on my phone; I think they allow you three devices on an account.

I like the idea of some anonymity, but i’m not paranoid about that. Sometimes I play the Japan card or the UK card or whatever, but that’s just for fun. I don’t know of any region-blocked content that I’d want to reach.

Thanks,

Victor