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What the hell Proton! (r.nf)
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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Exactly. VPN companies vastly oversell what their services offer.

That said, I set up my own VPN, we use one at work, and I'm considering paying for a commercial VPN service. My personal VPN gets around my ISP's CGNAT so I can host public services within my LAN, my work VPN gives us remote access to protected services, and the commercial VPN I'm considering paying for is to get around my state's laws (they are requiring ID for porn and social media, and I think that's a privacy overreach).

VPNs have their place, but they're hardly "essential" for most people, especially if your concern is security.