It’s available on all platforms. Go to Settings / General and tick “Enable selection of individual servers…”.
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Dear @viktorivpn ,
Wow, thank you for your support. I see it now. It is my mistake.
I’ve used IVPN in the past, and they work well. They come with several other products like Mailx and Portmaster if you pay for the higher tiers, but notably don’t have DAITA like Mullvad does if that is important to you. Mullvad and IVPN are very in many ways, but both have their own unique features. Despite the disagreement within some members of the community here, I believe that we should be accepting of other people and their opinions, regardless of whether we agree with them or not. There is so much division in this world, and switching services solely because someone working at a company (regardless of their position) has political values not aligning with yours is not the way to bring us together in acceptance. Both providers respect your privacy and have strong track records. The choice is yours to make.
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As I know, IVPN moved to UK. I see the information here: IVPN LTD overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK
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If you looked at the link that you provided, you could have seen that it was dissolved.
also from IVPN site IVPN Privacy Policy
How do you react when requested by an authority for information relating to a customer?
The company is incorporated in Gibraltar. If a court order is received from a recognised legal authority with jurisdiction over IVPN, then the company will comply with that order. However, the company cannot be compelled to hand over information which it does not have. When a customer signs up, we request no personal information. If it ever becomes required by law for us to keep a persistent log of our customers connections or any personal data relating to their network activity, we will immediately notify our customers and do everything in our power to move jurisdictions or close the service to protect those who entrust their privacy to us.
I would agree with you that if it is true that Mullvad is censoring their subreddit, I would definitely be put off by that.
However, I have been censored on this forum three times now, not because I said anything crazy or anything like that, but I took a right wing position. One of the times was in this specific thread actually. I guess if I took a left wing position on topics like this one then I would not have to worry about being censored.
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Nice, but not actually accurate when they are compelled not to notify - effectively ‘gagged’. So I wouldn’t rely on this particularly not on an individual basis.
Yeah, good luck getting that order in Gibraltar 
We have nothing to do with this company or any other company registered in the UK.
See response from @Bhaelros - everything on our website is up-to-date factual and applies.
Nice, but not actually accurate when they are compelled not to notify - effectively ‘gagged’. So I wouldn’t rely on this particularly not on an individual basis.
We said this publicly before, if we are in a situation where we are forced to violate any of our policies or promises, we will contest all orders to the end, then move jurisdictions, or shut down the company (in this order, whichever is possible) before doing so. We would rather look for new ways of doing something useful & getting paid for it than throw away our founding principles and give up our users.
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Gibraltar has often ratified laws the UK passes, including the IPA (?).
But also: iVPN dual jurisdiction?
And:
IVPN is subject to EU law … (privacy policy).
Curiously, the EU e-Evidence directive and the Budapest Convention are missing? You should write to them if you’re a paying customer.
But also: Mullvad’s post needs update as the Swedish laws in question have been amended to add more powers since (from what I can tell).
The same link you referred to indicates who has already taken countermeasures.
Indeed
Whilst admirable, if you are compelled, leaving the jurisdiction won’t stop that requirement. So, in the example of this being just one individual account or a group of accounts, or more generally speaking, there will be a timeframe given and you’ll face penalties if you refuse. Yes, you may then seek alternative jurisdictions after, but this doesn’t change the original requirement.
Proton, Tuta, Lavabit… and I think it was Lavabit who closed down but was also ‘gagged’ for a period of time.
This is all true, but I don’t understand the point you are making. Are you saying that what I say (ie. we can absolutely proceed in a way that won’t give up users) is not possible? Because then I disagree. You just have to read my point all the way to the end. Or you take an issue with the “we will notify users” part? That text was written 10+ years ago, maybe it needs a revision saying " attempt to notify".
Yes you can be gagged, threatened with fines and penalties, but you can absolutely just flip a switch. Most are not prepared to do that, we are, just like Lavabit did.
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@ignoramous I’m curious, are you insinuating here that being located in Gibraltar does not offer necessary or sufficient protections for our customers? Or do you have a specific point or concern about our jurisdiction? I’m getting the impression that you like to challenge this topic when it comes to IVPN and offer a lot of counterpoints and open doors to potential rabbit holes that are not always accurate (ie. “IVPN is fully subject to Swiss law!” paraphrasing here). Can you state clearly what is your angle here - are you offering pointers so we can improve, or try to dissuade prospective users for any specific reasons we could discuss?
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btw. I do appreciate highlighting the EU law part. that is not accurate any more with this specific wording since Brexit and we will need to review it. the spirit of the wording is still true. this point however was and is not relevant to court orders regarding compelled logging, just like having a Swiss company publish our Android app isn’t either. This does not make the company vulnerable or increase the risk in this regard. The necessary steps and channels in inter-jurisdictional matters are the same, and our processes set in our legal guidelines are unaffected.