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After setting up Proton VPN, it appears that AppLounge just doesn’t work in at least two cases :
after enabling the kill switch
after enabling split tunneling even if AppLounge is not included in the list of apps that require to connect to the web through the vpn.
To have it working I need to disable one or the other.
Why is that?
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I run Proton VPN with permanent kill switch activated and App Lounge works OK for me.
I don’t use split tunneling (as you can’t use it at the same time as kill switch) so can’t comment on that.
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I enabled both and didn’t get any warning…
All right, I disabled split tunnelling then.
This suggests it’s only in Windows that both can be run together (scroll down to ‘Kill switches and split tunneling’).
The screenshot shows the warning I see if I activate split tunneling then tap on ‘Kill switch’ in Proton VPN settings.
I’ve not been able to make split tunneling work for the 1-2 apps I’d like to use it for, even with kill switch turned off.
I don’t use windows and I’m talking about Proton VPN on my phone as I mentioned in my first post.
It’s more an info than a warning and it says that it wouldn’t work with apps that are excluded from the vpn, not the ones that are included.
Oh wait, AppLounge was not included in the apps list in split tunnelling! I added it and it’s now working with both the kill switch and split tunnelling enabled.
Thanks for attracting my attention on this! 
So did you add App Lounge to the ‘included’ or ‘excluded’ list?
My understanding is that adding it to the ‘included’ list would mean everything else not on that list would then be unprotected by the VPN.
By default, all the apps are excluded (question being “are they protected anyway?” ). You’ll need to add each application you want to be protected by the vpn to the “included” list.
You can add system apps to that list. I added “Tethered” because my computer is tethered to my phone in order to access the internet*.
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*About that, adding Tethered to the included list does the job but you’ll need to deselect “Authorise clients to use VPNs” in “Access point and internet sharing”. I’d really like to know more about how my computer is protected through my phone’s connection or if I need to install Proton VPN in my computer. 
Right, different set-up to me.
App Lounge continues to work fine for me with full kill switch on and with split tunneling enabled. No need to add it to any list here.
I have a couple of apps added to the split tunneling ‘excluded’ list, these just need ‘Block connections without VPN’ turning off to work.
I ended up deactivating both the kill switch and split tunneling because either one of them or both prevented me from receiving notifications from any app (the notifications popped up when I opened the app which made them quite useless).
Now I use Proton VPN as it comes and notifications are back.
I have no idea if this comes from Proton VPN or e/os or both.
I’m open to suggestions. 
