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[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (4 children)

People have trust issues with Google services.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Me, deeply cynical: "Google is just using their VPN to spy on you. They've got an entire department dedicated to checking what websites you visit while using the VPN and building a profile on each individual, which they will turn over to the authorities the moment society collapses into a state of anarchy and military law must be imposed."

Google CEO: "Shut down the secret VPN counterintelligence program that tracks all the future domestic terrorists in the event of a widespread domestic insurgency. Its not making us enough money."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

What's crazy is in this time line that sounds plausible.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Pretty reasonable

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I am part of people... I hate google, Microsoft, Apple. So you're right. We need a new hero.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I feel like it would be weird to if you got a vpn for the purpose of downloading isos or making it harder to track you. It wasn’t always available to iOS users either ( I have an iPhone so that’s why I’m mentioning it) , so you already neutered those two bases. It seemed like a niche offering to begin with