Free VPNs can seem appealing at first but scratch below the surface and there are several major issues that prevent us from recommending them. To begin with, very few free VPNs have Croatian servers because it’s a fairly low-demand location compared to somewhere like the US. Even assuming you find a free server in Croatia, HRT, being one of the country’s biggest streaming services, will likely already have blacklisted it. Further, there’s no guarantee your speeds will be high enough to actually watch anything.
The issues above are fairly minor annoyances, but choosing the wrong free VPN can quickly cause real problems. For instance, you might inadvertently install one of the many Trojans simply looking to infect your device with malware. Alternatively, as 18% of surveyed “VPNs” never encrypted user traffic, you could be browsing the web without realizing that you have no security whatsoever. To protect yourself as much as possible, we recommend making price just one factor of your decision, rather than the only thing you consider when choosing a VPN.