How good is Surfshark VPN actually? been using it for a month now
Genuinely curious how good surfshark vpn is compared to what other people are experiencing because I've had mixed results so far. I'm in canada and got it mainly for streaming and general privacy since my ISP got caught logging browsing data last year.
Set it up on my macbook and my iphone 15. connected to a US (chicago) server first to try hulu since it's not available here. worked instantly which surprised me because I expected geo-blocks to catch it. streamed for like 3 hours with zero buffering and the quality stayed in HD the whole time.
Where it got frustrating was the app on iphone. it disconnects randomly when switching between wifi and mobile data. like i'll leave my apartment and the vpn just silently drops without telling me. I only noticed because I checked my IP and it was my real one. happened at least 4 or 5 times in the first two weeks. on the laptop it's been rock solid tho, zero issues there.
The other weird thing is the auto-connect feature. I set it to connect on startup and half the time it picks a random server instead of my preferred one. minor thing but annoying when i open my laptop expecting to be on a US server and i'm connected to for example brazil for some reason lol.
For the price i think it's decent but the iphone issues are making me second guess it. has anyone else had the random disconnects on mobile? and for people who've tried both surfshark and something like expressvpn or proton, how does it actually compare day to day?