Becomes uninteractable, seemingly randomly, on my machine

According to ipleak.net test results, it's leaking my dns. Their chrome extension doesn't have this problem though, but be careful with the firefox extension cause it has dns leaks.

Every time I open Firefox and start to type it clears the search bar after 1 second which is beyond annoying. It might seem like a minor problem, but it gets infuriating when you type your search quickly and hit enter only to find out it messed up your search.

And more than that, I noticed it slows down Firefox substantially, sometimes it takes up to 10 seconds just to load in an ordinary website. The VPN and it's functions work perfectly fine so I think it's just a problem with the extension itself.

The developers keep saying that they are working on a fix for the latest update. Stop saying that! Just revert the update! All of it! You can work on a fix on your development branches, but revert the released update immediately! You're not working on a fix "as fast as possible" if you aren't reverting the update that broke this add-on.

"Certaines fonctionnalités peuvent être payantes" Je n'ai pas trouvé de fonctionnalité gratuite ce qui voudrait dire que TOUTES les fonctionnalités sont payantes.

Can't use the extension unless you give it permissions to run in private windows.

Literally forcing you to give it access to private windows.

Makes my browser almost unusable with how much it slows down page load times. It's incredibly bad.

It has a setting to "auto-connect" which it repeatedly turns off. So if you're not paying attention you can find yourself exposed when it has disabled the auto and not bothered its ass engaging the VPN, as such it becomes a bit of a security risk.

So far, it's not apparent that it is even in use.

Up until recently i haven't had any problems with NordVPN, but that's changed in the last 2-3 months or so. Recently they've started using LOCAL ISP's IP addresses for their services, which means that their prime selling point, being security, anonymity, and access to local blocked services and websites is pretty much null and void.

DO NOT USE THIS EXTENSION, as you do not have control over what IP your traffic is routed, and there's a good chance they'll use local (from the same country you are from) ISP's to assign you an IP.
IMPORTANT EDIT: Not just that, when refreshing your IP, or when the application randomly changes IP, it exposes your IP/network to your ISP, without any apparent killswitch built in. Citation needed, because there is a chance your network is still encrypted, but i somehow doubt that.

They'll say 'we choose the IP based on what's best for you', completely disregarding the problems with that. IP's change randomly quite often, which means that there's a chance that you won't even notice you've rolled into a local ISP when it happens. Refreshing your connection will often give you the same exact IP address as well, and you don't have an option to select a specific IP address in any way, shape or form.

Bypassing local restrictions is one of the number one reasons to get a VPN these days, and failing to deliver on the promise of that service is to fail as a VPN service.
I will not be extending my subscription past march this year (end of term), and i will not be returning to NordVPN.

I don't believe a 1 star review is warranted, since the service, operationally, functions quite well. The speeds are decent, and the ease of use is tempting to say the least, but the fact they're using local (national) ISP's for their services, paired with some of the other security concerns that have come up in the last 2 years regarding NordVPN (look them up if interested), i can not in good conscience recommend this extension.

Encryption alone means nothing if you cannot access services that are locally blocked by IP/DNS.
If you're looking for a good VPN service, there's better ones out there.
I for one, can no longer trust NordVPN with the security of my internet traffic.

Speeds much faster with this extension but the extension is ridiculously limited like their service. You hit refresh to change another data centre and you always get the same one or two despite the data centre having more than 50+. This tells me Nord doesn't have as many as they claim

linux. ubuntu studio 20.10. firefox. nordvpn addon. suddenly stopping links opening and preventing navigating on some sites. generally great, though. I hope the developers are working on these gliches.

This add on really slowed my computer way down. Even after I shut it off it was still running in the back ground,had to completely uninstall it and after I did my computer sped back up to its normal operating speed.

Not being able to specify a server

0 functionality without payments.