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VPN by Google One is shutting down for good (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 62 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Kinda makes one not want to become dependant on google products.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    For sure. I no longer buy into new Google products because they're going to die. It also makes it hard to recommend anything Google. They're literally killing their ability to expand by constantly doing this.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Makes me think of when they brought out Stadia... Friend of mine was all into it, and didn't understand why I just shrugged and didn't bother with it.

    I think he learned a valuable lesson there... Oh well, at least they refunded people's money

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    The only plus in this situation is that switching VPNs is far easier than other services since it's just a pipe you're swapping out.

    Still annoying though, since Google VPN was nice if you were already paying for Google One. Now people will have to pay extra for something else.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

    Vpn's aren't that expensive, the one I use is $55 for 2 years.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Which is that?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    Surfshark, I don't know much about VPN's but I've been told they are pretty secure and don't share your info. I mainly use VPN's to pirate shows and movies and for that it's worked well, havnt gotten any letters from my ISP.

    I'm not endorsing them just to be clear as I am not knowledgeable enough to know if it's good or not but it was recommended by someone I trust with that stuff like 3 years ago.

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