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> Given the amount of advertising for vpns you might think they are a scam. Tom Scott did a video in 2019 entitled "This Video Is Sponsored By [redacted] VPN"
by throw0101a 2y ago
> Given the amount of advertising for vpns you might think they are a scam.
Tom Scott did a video in 2019 entitled "This Video Is Sponsored By [redacted] VPN" where he explains why a lot of the ad copy at that time was often misleading, and why he didn't take money from them:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDQEoe6ZWY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDQEoe6ZWY
In 2022 he made video with an ad read from a VPN provider with more honest claims about their use cases:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXlQuTRSmzc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXlQuTRSmzc
- Damogran6 2y agoMan do I miss his content.
- PetitPrince 2y agoTom Scott is still producing podcast and/or gameshow via Lateral and The Technical Difficulties. It's certainly not a British guy in a red t-shirt explaining interesting trivia, but it's still entertaining.