In a few months I need to go in an authoritarian country for work and I need a VPN. Last time (2018) the only one it worked reliably was outline based on a self hosted VM.
But went back to see and it looks like abandoned. Link rot in home page if I select my language, no docker install in 2023 and the fact that was developed by Google is a big negative sign (not because of privacy issues, but because they get bored with their project, they abandon them and start an identical but incompatible one)
There are better alternatives in 2023? I need to have as most chances to connect to the uncensored internet as otherwise I can’t work and my 2 weeks work trip becomes a 2 weeks vacation where I can’t even check my email or work chat
Shouldn’t whatever company you work for provide a vpn, so you can work?
Anyway, setup WireGuard at home and use that. Best option at the moment.
You could also buy a cheap VPS and setup a WireGuard server there, so you have two options in case one of the IPs is blocked.