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Huh, I never knew the RotS novelization came out before the movie. Always assumed it was released sometime after.

I don't believe they've had any audits or court cases at any point. Generally, I view it as a bad thing when a VPN company gets taken to court or otherwise involved with the authorities, since it indicates they're in the crosshairs of the government and private lobbying interests, so the fact that they've gone under the radar all these years (they were established in 2010) is a plus in my opinion. I suppose a third party audit wouldn't hurt though.

I still switched to them despite the lack of any audit though because from what I'd read on their about us page, the company was established by privacy activists and hackivists, so that was enough for me to trust them, personally. I tend to trust idealist types over finance-driven entities that run tech companies in the pursuit of profit rather than true ideals like the preservation of a free and open internet. I don't fault you for going for a higher standard than that though, at least when it comes to proof.

Air supports gigabit speeds if you connect through Wireguard (which you should be doing anyway since it's just plain better than OpenVPN)

I'd recommend AirVPN. They offer IPv6 support and port forwarding. Speeds are good too. I switched to them after Mullvad removed port forwarding support and the speeds were consistent.

Thank you! :)

And wallets

Piped is a website. Newpipe is an app. Both are front-ends for youtube, but obviously non-mobile users cannot access youtube videos on Newpipe when browsing on their computer. While they both serve more or less the same purpose (serving youtube videos without youtube's tracking), they are fundamentally different in how they accomplish this.

Actually, the code for Vanced was never open source, so Revanced isn't technically a fork. They had to recreate all of Vanced's features manually.

Check this program: https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim

Huh, it works on my end. I tested it just the other day.

Finally, someone speaking sense on a piracy community. So many people around these communities constantly push the .arr suite without ever mentioning that it just isn't worth the time or resources to set up for a single individual watching on their personal computer lol. It honestly gets really grating after a while. It's like you said, these programs are best utilized by media collectors and people serving media to groups of users, like a family. For most average users, Stremio with the Torrentio plug-in is all they need.