Reviews for Windscribe - Free VPN and Ad Blocker
Windscribe - Free VPN and Ad Blocker by Windscribe
Review by bennybaconburger
Rated 2 out of 5
by bennybaconburger, 6 years agoThis extension is fine. It does a bunch of stuff. I love Windscribe and think it's a great option for a light-use VPN.
That being said, it is just better to get the desktop version of the app instead. The only way I would justify choosing the extension over the desktop app would be if you were using a portable version of Firefox. Otherwise, get their desktop application.
Secondly, I was having an issue where Firefox was starting up and then not loading my home page (www.google.com). At first I blamed it on uBlock, but then I did some debugging and found that this extension blocks the first page from loading when Firefox starts. My guess is it has something to do with either the extension refusing to initially load the page, or if Firefox doesn't want to load a page on startup until all extensions are loaded. Either way, I'd rather remove the extension than use a different browser. :(
Edit: After reading further reviews, it has been made clear by Windscribe that they have only put priority on the Chrome extension and have not been updating this problem despite its being reported on their subreddit.
Edit 7/7/19: While I'm not acquainted with the add-ons rollout system, I feel that three months does not qualify as soon. I really do want the extension to be updated; it hasn't yet!
Edit 8/26/19: Now that I'm reading the developer response again, going into excess of 4 months does not qualify as 'very soon' in my opinion.
That being said, it is just better to get the desktop version of the app instead. The only way I would justify choosing the extension over the desktop app would be if you were using a portable version of Firefox. Otherwise, get their desktop application.
Secondly, I was having an issue where Firefox was starting up and then not loading my home page (www.google.com). At first I blamed it on uBlock, but then I did some debugging and found that this extension blocks the first page from loading when Firefox starts. My guess is it has something to do with either the extension refusing to initially load the page, or if Firefox doesn't want to load a page on startup until all extensions are loaded. Either way, I'd rather remove the extension than use a different browser. :(
Edit: After reading further reviews, it has been made clear by Windscribe that they have only put priority on the Chrome extension and have not been updating this problem despite its being reported on their subreddit.
Edit 7/7/19: While I'm not acquainted with the add-ons rollout system, I feel that three months does not qualify as soon. I really do want the extension to be updated; it hasn't yet!
Edit 8/26/19: Now that I'm reading the developer response again, going into excess of 4 months does not qualify as 'very soon' in my opinion.
Developer response
posted 6 years agoThe extension is being updated to a 3.0 version very soon, which will resolve most issues with the current one.
3,983 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18469293, 5 days agoEvery time I restart the browser I get reconnected, even though I disable it each time.
- Rated 1 out of 5by AnonFF User, 17 days agoAccount registration required
2GB Capped Data Limit
Browser Permissons REQUIRED:
Read and modify browser settings
Monitor extension usage and manage themes
Display notifications to you
Read and modify privacy settings
Control browser proxy settings
Access browser tabs
Access browser activity during navigation
Access your data for all websites - Rated 4 out of 5by Filter Your Water!, 19 days agoApproved. I haven't looked very deep into the owners/developers tho.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18251476, 20 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19221398, 22 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Megan Berry, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13285367, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Tichmazg, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by teddymwai, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Majid Asgari, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13092179, a month ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Hsn, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by 机器猫, a month ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Toptimum, 2 months agoНазвание вводит в заблуждение - бесплатного тарифа нет, есть только платный.
- Rated 2 out of 5by Егор, 2 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 19107793, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by ward, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Deck, 2 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19069191, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by ZhequE, 2 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14646246, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by TheGGGman, 2 months agoDas Addon funktioniert bzgl. Geschwindigkeit und auch als Adbblocker mit eigenem DNS einwandfrei. Man muß sich natürlich schon auch mit den Einstellungen des Addon auseinander setzen um es auf seine Wünschen anzupassen. Sowohl als als zahlender Kunde , wie auch im Free Account (dort geringere ,aber auch High Speed Server Auswahl) bin ich in allen meinen Browsern zufrieden. Das Addon bringt funktionell ,wie auch optisch fast dieselben Möglichkeiten zur Konfiguration wie die echte Windscribe Software.