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This is silly. Most people use VPNs to get out region restrictions. These are getting more and more common due to local governments making laws that affect th

This is silly. Most people use VPNs to get out region restrictions. These are getting more and more common due to local governments making laws that affect the whole internet - think GDPR - that individual site owners do not want to abide by so they block IPs. VPNs solve this very real problem for those still wanting access to the content. They're also used for subverting content region licensing. For example, with Netflix.

fireattack 7y ago
Or using it to tunnel to a more torrenting-friendly region.
- chii 7y ago
  I can't believe VPN can give you acceptable speeds for torrents tho...
  - jplayer01 7y ago
    I’ve downloaded games over Steam at full speed over my VPN...
    - chii 7y ago
      Steam downloads have nothing to do with torrents.
      - jplayer01 7y ago
        Come on. My point being - VPN isn't the limiting factor here. It's the people you're downloading from. If you can't see the connection I can't help you.
  - vonseel 7y ago
    VPN barely affects speeds on my end and I have a gigabit connection. Usually the bottleneck is the torrent itself unless it’s extremely popular.
  - pnutjam 7y ago
    PIA does.
  - fireattack 7y ago
    Most of the VPN I've used have as much bandwidth as I originally have. But the connection is not very stable to say at least, it sometimes drops to zero (but recovers quickly).
Eyes 7y ago
Exactly. So when should I use a VPN? 3. To watch US Netflix in <insert non-US country>.