What’s the best way to set up a reliable SOCKS proxy server? or How does a SOCKS proxy server improve

If you’re into self-hosting, you could roll your own socks proxy server with DigitalOcean.

It’s a bit more work, but you’ll get max speed and full control.

I followed a guide on GitHub to set up SOCKS5 with Dante, and it’s been flawless.

Downside? You gotta maintain it yourself.