Hello, my name is Mauricio and in this video we’ll be presenting
Cloudwards’ favorite free VPNs of 2020. There are plenty to choose from, but for reasons
we’ll get into in a bit we’ve decided on just three.
However,
before we get to that, let me first remind you to hit the thumbs up if you liked this video and to hit the bell
if you’d like to be notified whenever we put up a new video. Now, let’s talk free VPNs.
VPNs are great programs that let you connect to any server anywhere in the world, while also
encrypting your connection. This means that you can not only appear as if you’re in another city or country,
you can also not be tracked by your internet service provider or the
government, great if you’re in a country
like China or Iran. Another great advantage is that you can use a VPN to watch streaming
services from anywhere, so you could, say, watch shows that are on American Netflix
even though you’re in Europe.
We’ve talked a lot about this before, and I’ve linked the most popular videos on Netflix in the card above this video
However, VPNs come with one downside, namely that they cost money. Now, it’s not a lot of money, NordVPN
for example is just forty bucks per year,
but if you don’t have it,
it means a VPN is out of reach.
Realizing this, there are more free VPN services out there than you can shake a stick at, but those come with
a problem of their own: most of them are crap. You get what you pay for after all,
so a lot of free VPNs don’t have the servers or security you need. On top of that,
plenty of free services make their money off of selling your data,
meaning you’re swapping your ISP or marketers selling your browsing habits to some dude who put a VPN together.
Not exactly ideal,
especially if you factor in that some services, like Hola,
may even enslave your device into their botnet. If we’re making the free VPN
market like a minefield, that’s only because it is. There is some light in this tunnel, though. After testing
several free providers, we can say with some certainty that a few stand out and offer a proper experience, though
it's never unlimited.
You will have to deal with some restrictions on how much you can use them per month
but that’s the price of free, I guess. In this video
we’ll just go over our three favorites, for the full list I suggest you check out the full article
I’ve linked in the description. First up is Windscribe,
which is a very good VPN in its own right, but also has a great free plan.
It’s fast, gets into Netflix, and it’s secure. It also has the most
generous data limit on this list. It offers two gigabytes per month out of the gate,
but you can extend this to ten by giving your email address and agreeing to receiving announcements, etc.
Also, you can get another five gigs by tweeting about the service,
so there’s a good reason to fire up your twitter. If you end up liking Windscribe enough
that you want to pay for it, it’s only fifty bucks per year,
so that’s a pretty good deal. Next up is TunnelBear,
which used to be our leader before Windscribe got onto our radar. TunnelBear is free, but limits your bandwidth to just
five hundred megabytes, which might as well be nothing. That said, it’s pretty secure and useful,
so it's certainly worth the spin.
Last up is Hide.me, which offers two gigabytes,
which is four times as much as TunnelBear, but restricts you to just two servers.
There's also a privacy policy
we’re not too sure about, so check out our full review
for all the details. As you can see, when it comes to free, you get what you pay for. We think WIndscribe
is pretty good, but most of the other free VPNs out there are insanely
restrictive, if they’re not selling your data.
We recommend paying for a VPN instead, if you can. Check out some of our other videos for
recommendations there and I will leave the top recommendation here in the card above.
Thanks for watching, and please like and subscribe. Stay safe out there!
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