I don’t really use cloud storage at all. The most I ever used was mega, and I know that’s encrypted.
And that used to have gigabytes of free storage, let me check it out real quick.
Yeah, mega still does 20 gigabytes of free cloud storage, and it’s all encrypted. Just don’t lose your password or you’re f*****, haha.
And yeah, I had no issues with astral for 7 years or so, although I haven’t used it the past several years when I switched to proton.
No particular reason I can recall, I think I had just been using astrill so long, I figured I’d see what else is out there, maybe proton had a sale or something I don’t know.
Yeah if it’s definitely just the same one over and over, then you might have just got unlucky and some bug has it stuck in the app there.
You could try to grab a new version after clearing the data/cache before uninstalling, downgrade and update.
If it’s just that one ad, it just sounds like you got a bum version of the app somehow, or some software glitch transformed the app somehow.
Is it only there right after you open the app or does it show up randomly?
Is it always the same ad or does it seem like it’s being updated as time goes on?
The characteristics of the ad might help us narrow something down.
Are they full page ads?
And are you on Android or Apple?
Try and get a screenshot if you see another one. And this is definitely the official app that you downloaded from their site, right? Or from the Play store or whatever?
For sure. Best of luck