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I'm sorry you think that we are just one of 'those spam VPN review sites'. As a team member, I can assure you that we hate them just as much as you. [1] VPNs u

I'm sorry you think that we are just one of 'those spam VPN review sites'. As a team member, I can assure you that we hate them just as much as you. [1] VPNs used to play a large role in the site (they no longer do), but we've never accepted any affiliate requests. (We do however operate a sponsorship programe which we are working on making a criteria for). [2,3] We have a strict criteria for the few VPNs we do list on our site. [4] We strive to educate users on the purpose of VPNs [5], and try not to recommend when there are other options. [1] https://blog.privacytools.io/the-trouble-with-vpn-and-privacy-reviews/ https://blog.privacytools.io/the-trouble-with-vpn-and-privac... [2]https://www.privacytools.io/sponsors/ https://www.privacytools.io/sponsors/ [3]https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/issues/2134 https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/issues/2134 [4] https://privacytools.io/providers/vpn/#criteria https://privacytools.io/providers/vpn/#criteria [5] https://blog.privacytools.io/understanding-vpns/ https://blog.privacytools.io/understanding-vpns/

ignoramous 5y ago
(freddy-m: first-up, thanks for your work on ptio) I hope the process around software-suggestions gets clearer with this move; the backlog has been growing steadily for over a year [0] with developers left hanging without any follow-up (for ex, a suggestion I submitted hasn't been looked at in over 6 months). [0] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/labels/%F0%9F%86%95%20software%20suggestion https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/labels/%F0%9...
- freddyym 5y ago
  One of the first things we plan on doing with the new organisaion is creating a criteria for each section. (We already do this for some sections, e.g. email and vpns). That way we can just judge each software suggestion against our guidelines and bypass all the fuss. And then we can focus on more exciting things like expanding the site and working on the community.

ignoramous 5y ago

(freddy-m: first-up, thanks for your work on ptio) I hope the process around software-suggestions gets clearer with this move; the backlog has been growing steadily for over a year [0] with developers left hanging without any follow-up (for ex, a suggestion I submitted hasn't been looked at in over 6 months). [0] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/labels/%F0%9F%86%95%20software%20suggestion https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/labels/%F0%9...

freddyym 5y ago
One of the first things we plan on doing with the new organisaion is creating a criteria for each section. (We already do this for some sections, e.g. email and vpns). That way we can just judge each software suggestion against our guidelines and bypass all the fuss. And then we can focus on more exciting things like expanding the site and working on the community.