(I did a quick search to see if there was another post about this, but didn't see any. Apologies if this has already been brought up before.)
There are a couple of places I go to (one of which is my workplace) where I am absolutely unable to connect to the VPN using the app. Doesn't seem to matter what server I choose or even if I enable obfuscation, which is kinda weird because I figured that was the reason for obfuscation. I've also tried different ports with no luck.
I just figured out today that I could connect via a bridge using Shadowsocks and OpenVPN by following the guide on Mullvad's website, and it seems to work fine. Hopefully it will help with my connection issues, but I haven't tested it yet at the previously mentioned locations. There's just one potential problem... This method does not seem to be usable if you enable "Block connections without VPN".
On one hand, this method is supposed to help bypass restrictive networks and whatnot which is great, but the fact that you can't use this method while the "Block connections without VPN" setting enabled is a pretty big issue in my opinion. If you get disconnected or have to reconnect for whatever reason, well there goes your protection.
This was not mentioned in the guide and there doesn't seem to be a solution for it, to my knowledge.
Has anyone else tried this, and is there a solution? Or am I overthinking it (which I tend to do)?