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VPN by Google One is shutting down for good (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 6 months ago by Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] kaine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Why would anyone use this shit?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Same reason I'd use any cheap easily accessible VPN.

To get AT&T off my back every time I pirate some anime or a new movie.

[–] asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't know about you but trusting google with that sorta thing just seems risky to me

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I trust Google's VPN more than I trust AT&T's internal tracker, as Google's never sent me an angry email complaining about my network traffic.

[–] asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

One one hand fair, on the other, why trust either?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago

Its not trust but utility. I need a VPN. Google has a VPN. I use their VPN.

[–] Copernican@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's cheap and easy for me to use it while traveling around and going on god knows what public wifi network. I am not using google VPN for privacy, but using it for some sense of security out of my home. Already paying for Google One storage, so this was a nice perk.