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Google One is shutting down its VPN feature later this year (www.engadget.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The company rolled out Google One's VPN feature back in 2020, but you could only access it if you're paying for a plan with at least 2TB of storage, which costs at least $10 a month.
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it's discontinuing the feature because "people simply weren’t using it."

Gee, I wonder why... 🙄

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 months ago (2 children)

TIL Google one had VPN

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I've got Google One for the storage but there was no way I wanted all my internet activity routed through the Google servers

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

The only time I used it was when a hotel wifi was blocking access to my VPN but Google's worked fine

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You had your files in Google One storage though.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

Yes but I individually choose what goes in there it's not the fire hose of data that is everything I browse

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

TIL Google One

[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Getting a VPN from Google is like asking the police to safeguard your drugs

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

dispensaries in California using police as security guards

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

D y s t o p i a

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Someone should tell killedbygoogle.com about this astounding development

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Already updated it seems

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What the heck was Google One? For a company that sells ads, they sure suck at marketing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Cloud storage used by Google Mail, Photos and Drive combined.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah they didn't really need to advertise it specifically. It's a core part of a lot of their other tools

Edit: the cloud storage didn't need advertised. I've never heard of their vpn before even though sounds like I technically had access to it lol

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

I wouldn’t trust it anyway.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Can't imagine trusting a VPN made by Google.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I've used it, but only when I'm on some really sketchy unencrypted WiFi network, like in an airport or a hotel.

It doesn't offer location spoofing like all other VPNs on the market, which I would have more use for.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Well this sucks. I used it when I traveled, public hotspots and such. Worked fine. I never found them intercepting traffic, and I use private DNS. I don't think they can get into tls connections yet, so as long as your apps are secure, it's just as reasonable a risk as a public wifi.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Google Fi also includes a VPN, I wonder if that's going as well?