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What do people use these VPN services for? Is it mostly for pirating, or public wifi users, or people that don't want their ISPs to know what they're doing? It
by guelo 7y ago
What do people use these VPN services for? Is it mostly for pirating, or public wifi users, or people that don't want their ISPs to know what they're doing? It all seems like niche use cases.
- SXX 7y agoThis might be not the case in the US, but outside VPN is very often used for opposite. Half of legal video / music / etc streaming companies have content locked behind per-country limitations and licensing. So if you want to pay for content you'll often need to pretend that you're from US. For piracy it's cheaper to setup seedbox.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 7y agoI believe that that is still technically piracy.
- chupasaurus 7y agoTough question. Depends on EULA of a service and laws (both US/the target country and VPN's user) regulating the particular content type (for example the mandatory age rating for a film) and copyright. A close counterexample: the Japanese guitar manufacturer ESP was forced to stop selling worldwide and producing MX-250/MX-2 models which exactly copied the shape of Gibson's Explorers (court decision and an agreement IIRC), but anyone can still order one in their Custom Shop with the restrictions of making an order by sending a letter with order form and paying from inside of Japan as well as picking it up from the factory (no delivery services). All of that because they can still sell them in Japan and by client's specification.
- jonathanstrange 7y agoUnlocking geolocation-locked content.
- afroboy 7y agoIn third world countries it used by locals to bypass the ban on many websites.
- novaRom 7y agoCan you live without Wikipedia? It is blocked in China and in Turkey.