Astill works on most OS, software is extremely slick, has many servers, at my time even Mainland china IPs were possible. Works reliable in China, is often NOT detected as a VPN (geo-blocking, Banks, captchas). They even offer fixed IP addresses, if desired. If you ask why would you have a fixed ip address and if this does not contradict the idea of a VPN you may have little international experience and don't understand the different applications of a VPN. Hey, there may be people that give a f... about the privacy it offers because they have totally different applications.

If you want a Mercedes of VPNs, likely Astrill is the choice. If privacy is your main concern, there are many options. Dont mistake privacy for anonymity. If in doubt, pay with Bitcoin and use TOR to connect to your VPN.

For my current application, AirVPN is more than enough. Two years: are 79 €, if they have a special, it is 49 euro. If you are cost sensitive, Mullvad is double the price already, but at least only less than half of the Astrill price.