Hi Andrew! I've used PIA for a few years now. I'm very happy with it.
There's just one thing that's kind of a deal breaker. I recently switched to Mac and the Mac PIA Client is quite far behind the Windows, Android and iOS versions.
I'll list all my issues together here:
Major issues
- slow to start
- slow to connect (often tries forever). This is my biggest issue. On other platforms (or connecting directly with the built in Mac vpn function) it takes like 2-3 seconds. With the Mac client it takes many times longer. There's also no feedback about what stage the connection is in, unlike on every other OS.
- doesn't reconnect if network changes, so internet just stops working
Minor issues
- can't see pings for servers
- not as sexy as Windows client
I switched to using the built in Mac VPN feature to connect which is much faster, but occasionally stops working altogether for 20-30 minutes. So right now I don't have a good reliable VPN solution.
There's just one thing that's kind of a deal breaker. I recently switched to Mac and the Mac PIA Client is quite far behind the Windows, Android and iOS versions.
I'll list all my issues together here:
Major issues
- slow to start
- slow to connect (often tries forever). This is my biggest issue. On other platforms (or connecting directly with the built in Mac vpn function) it takes like 2-3 seconds. With the Mac client it takes many times longer. There's also no feedback about what stage the connection is in, unlike on every other OS.
- doesn't reconnect if network changes, so internet just stops working
Minor issues
- can't see pings for servers
- not as sexy as Windows client
I switched to using the built in Mac VPN feature to connect which is much faster, but occasionally stops working altogether for 20-30 minutes. So right now I don't have a good reliable VPN solution.
Hope this feedback helps!
Thanks again, andai