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There's a part of me that has become annoyed that i'm forced to pay for a vpn to now access the entirety of the internet. I don't blame the vpn provider, though. --Nope, they are not the ones I blame...
Who pays for vpns anymore. Isn't proton VPN free?
kinda, but you have to pay for access to more than 3 servers. protonvpn has a paid tier (faster speeds, more servers, p2p support) -- which people do pay for -- putting them in the 'okay' category.
also, it's a general rule that all 'completely free!' vpns sell your data, keep and sell logs(thats why they can afford to be free), have really slow speeds due to user overloads etc.
I only use vpns for porn hub lol so I guess I didn't realize people need vpns for more than that haha
How does proton cover that expense?
By enticing you to pay for their office suite