winnyace:
You don’t really need a VPN unless:
You’re pirating and your ISP is known for pulling the plug if they find you pirate;
You live under a government that practices online censorship;
Otherwise, I find it just as privacy risky to use a VPN. You can’t really trust your VPN provider more than your ISP. They’re both for-profit companies and they will try to make money off what they can if their main strategy doesn’t work.
You keep making this statement even though it’s been proven to be completely flawed, inconsiderate, and quite frankly, ignorant and/or arrogant at this point.
VPNs are useful regardless of illegal activity or government censorship. They can be used for privacy, security, privilege-granting, etc. etc.
I think you really need to read up on just how useful VPNs are, rather than assuming that because YOU
To quote myself:
You go to a website, its bots detect that you are not from a preferred region, they remove access to something you want or need.
One doesn’t need to be doing anything illegal to want or need a VPN. One just needs to not live in a country/region of privilege. Privilege here is situational.
Examples:
Accessing Spotify or Netflix from different regions gives you access to different content.
This is also true for websites like Sky Sports — if I access it while using a US IP, some things are blocked, usually video.
For one of the clients I work with, if I access their service from a UK IP, I get caught in a temporary loop of “Are you a robot?” checks.
And if I don’t use a VPN, there are a few websites I can just forget about using.
The site bots will assume I speak a language that I don’t.
They give me a version of the site where I might as well not use it.
Or they won’t load the site at all.
Privilege.
The argument that people who use VPNs are criminals, which is essentially what you alluded to, is the same flawed argument that people who want privacy have something to hide and/or are criminals.
PS: I say “website/site” but it applies to apps and services in general.
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