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> Now the only value proposition is some wishy-washy privacy stuff that is much harder to sell people on, even if it's in their best interest. They'll still us
by Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
> Now the only value proposition is some wishy-washy privacy stuff that is much harder to sell people on, even if it's in their best interest.
They'll still use Chrome or Edge/IE, but will use NordVPN or ExpressVPN after seeing their favorite YouTuber claim that the VPN protects their data and gives them privacy...
...while still not using an ad blocker, which makes the VPN almost entirely worthless from a privacy perspective. At most, it blocks your ISP from seeing what you're doing.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago> At most, it blocks your ISP from seeing what you're doing. In fairness, that is a nontrivial privacy win for a decent number of people.
- weird-eye-issue 6y agoThat's not totally fair. They also hide your IP from sites you access. So if somebody sent me a link to an IP logger and I clicked it, they would not know what city or state I actually live in, for example.
- Sohcahtoa82 6y agoTrue. You're definitely right there.