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3-Year Windscribe VPN Pro Plan Subscription (Digital Delivery)

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StackSocial has 3-Year Windscribe VPN Pro Plan Subscription (Digital Delivery) on sale for $69.97.

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  • Length of access: 3 years
  • Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
  • Access options: desktop or mobile
  • Max number of device(s): unlimited

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StackSocial has 3-Year Windscribe VPN Pro Plan Subscription (Digital Delivery) on sale for $69.97.

Thanks to Community Member FuschiaDolphin757 for sharing this deal.

Product Details:
  • Length of access: 3 years
  • Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
  • Access options: desktop or mobile
  • Max number of device(s): unlimited

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • This price matches the previous +84 FP deal.
  • About this Product:
    • Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars based on over 110 customer reviews.
  • Additional Notes:
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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This is a very simplified explanation, but should be good enough for government work, as the saying goes.

You have two basic types of VPNs. PPTP and "full" VPNs like Windscribe. PPTP VPNs tend to be faster because there's less going on and they don't offer as much privacy by way of encryption. "Full" VPNs offer much better encryption and thus privacy but that obviously requires more processing power which can result in slower speeds. That's on top of all the usual things that can cause performance issues with networks the size of the Internet.

You also have to accept that a VPN is going to generally slow things down a little. You use it because you don't want your ISP building an advertising profile of you from your browsing history and selling it to anyone willing to pay the asking price or things of that nature. That all said, Windscribe has been working to both increase their server footprint and upgrade some of the nodes to 10Gbps connections.

I've been using Windscribe since I snagged one of their lifetime deals several years ago. They don't even offer them anymore. For the most part, I am pretty happy with the performance of Windscribe. The past few days it's been kind of slow, but it's a blip over the span of several years. Probably just a lot of new customers and existing customers who got new computers, game consoles or something and they're temporarily saturating the network. They've also had issues with people reselling access to their accounts and, in at least one case, using like 7.5PB of data in a single month. They're starting to crack down on that, but it could also very well explain why you've been having poor access speeds.

If you take everything together, Windscribe probably ranks as one of the best VPN providers out there.
Info posted by someone else (SEKI19) in the previous deal

1) Login to your Windscribe account
2) Navigate to this page: https://windscribe.com/upgrade?cp...d=features
3) Click the green button for 'Have a promo code?' and then enter your code. It will add the years to your existing account.


Comprehensive VPN Comparison Chart:
https://www.techlore.tech/vpn
Huge fan of Windscribe VPN. It really is one of (if not) the best VPN provider between reliability, speed, and privacy.

Techlore's comparison guide on VPNs really highlights the strengths of Windscribe (and the weakness of other providers).

https://www.techlore.tech/vpn

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peterl1365
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New users only? Has this been enforced in the past?
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Quote from peterl1365 :
New users only? Has this been enforced in the past?

Same deal as November 2024. I believe you can purchase and redeem to existing account
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I can confirm this can be claimed on an existing account. Mine just expired today, and after claiming my code it now says 2028!
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horent135
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Any other vpn with faster speed? I had experience with surfshark and Windscribe and I can say surfshark has faster vpn compare to Windscribe. I am like getting 20-40 mbps on best location.
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Huge fan of Windscribe VPN. It really is one of (if not) the best VPN provider between reliability, speed, and privacy.

Techlore's comparison guide on VPNs really highlights the strengths of Windscribe (and the weakness of other providers).

https://www.techlore.tech/vpn
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how is it compared to nordvpn?
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Quote from horent135 :
Any other vpn with faster speed? I had experience with surfshark and Windscribe and I can say surfshark has faster vpn compare to Windscribe. I am like getting 20-40 mbps on best location.
Windscribe can max out my 200+ mbps fiber connection via domestic and foreign servers.
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Quote from DanneX :
I can confirm this can be claimed on an existing account. Mine just expired today, and after claiming my code it now says 2028!
Maybe I'm just dumb, but I can't seem to find out how to redeem it on my existing account. It seems like the stack social link takes you to the signup page if you're not logged in, with a place to redeem the code, but if you're logged in, it takes you to the account page where there's no place to redeem it?
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Just in time for additional states requiring age verification for *ahem* certain sites.
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Quote from horent135 :
Any other vpn with faster speed? I had experience with surfshark and Windscribe and I can say surfshark has faster vpn compare to Windscribe. I am like getting 20-40 mbps on best location.
This is a very simplified explanation, but should be good enough for government work, as the saying goes.

You have two basic types of VPNs. PPTP and "full" VPNs like Windscribe. PPTP VPNs tend to be faster because there's less going on and they don't offer as much privacy by way of encryption. "Full" VPNs offer much better encryption and thus privacy but that obviously requires more processing power which can result in slower speeds. That's on top of all the usual things that can cause performance issues with networks the size of the Internet.

You also have to accept that a VPN is going to generally slow things down a little. You use it because you don't want your ISP building an advertising profile of you from your browsing history and selling it to anyone willing to pay the asking price or things of that nature. That all said, Windscribe has been working to both increase their server footprint and upgrade some of the nodes to 10Gbps connections.

I've been using Windscribe since I snagged one of their lifetime deals several years ago. They don't even offer them anymore. For the most part, I am pretty happy with the performance of Windscribe. The past few days it's been kind of slow, but it's a blip over the span of several years. Probably just a lot of new customers and existing customers who got new computers, game consoles or something and they're temporarily saturating the network. They've also had issues with people reselling access to their accounts and, in at least one case, using like 7.5PB of data in a single month. They're starting to crack down on that, but it could also very well explain why you've been having poor access speeds.

If you take everything together, Windscribe probably ranks as one of the best VPN providers out there.
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Quote from boogak :
Just in time for additional states requiring age verification for *ahem* certain sites.
I mean, there is research to suggest that having such easy access to graphic porn during those tender developmental years can be a bit damaging psychologically. You could maybe even argue it's responsible for the popularity of people like Andrew Tate and his particular kind of toxic masculinity where women are basically property to be bought, sold, traded, and used however a man wants. But at the same time, you just know that these laws are little more than political theater. They don't address the problem in any meaningful way, but they make the gullible constituents feel like their representatives are doing something.
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is this better than cyberghost?
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Quote from zebra20zebra20 :
NordVpn is one of the best and 5 eyes cannot trace your websites. Windscribe allows 5 eyes and is for amateurs. You get what you pay for and I highly recommend NordVpn over Windscribe.
Citations required.
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System Requirements: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10

Wait....what about Window 11? Does it still work?

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