I’ve been using one but I’m not sure what benefits I’m getting from it. I feel like the only thing happening is I’m adding a little bit of latency to all my requests for no reason.

  • WireGuard is now even part of the Linux kernel. The protocol and the reference implementation are fully open source, you can just download a WG profile from your provider and you won’t even have to use their application.

    On the pros, some offer DNS blocking

    You can also set that up without a VPN, or independently of your VPN. The standard WireGuard client doesn’t interfere with your DNS setup.