{"id":45825686,"user":"shermantanktop","time":1762364821,"time_ago":"14 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

your preferences don't sound like facts. Are you claiming that paid VPNs "all" do this as well?","comments":[{"id":45825732,"user":"ErroneousBosh","time":1762365038,"time_ago":"14 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

How do you think they make money?","comments":[{"id":45826936,"user":"Wingman4l7","time":1762371626,"time_ago":"12 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

...through the subscription fee.","comments":[{"id":45827603,"user":"ErroneousBosh","time":1762374957,"time_ago":"11 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

And from selling your data to whoever shows up with enough cash.

What, you think they're leaving that money sitting on the table?","comments":[{"id":45828892,"user":"cuu508","time":1762381302,"time_ago":"9 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

It's one thing to operate with an assumption that any VPN other than your own should not be fully trusted.

It's another thing to claim all of them are obviously corrupt.","comments":[{"id":45829354,"user":"ErroneousBosh","time":1762384516,"time_ago":"8 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

If you had a company whose core business proposition was Quite Obviously Shady, would you expect them to be scrupulously legit in other areas?

Quick question for you - rhino poaching is a huge problem in Africa, with poachers getting a surprisingly small amount of money per rhino they shoot, because the buyers only want the horns. Do you think paying the poachers more to not shoot the rhinos would solve that problem?","comments":[{"id":45831446,"user":"shermantanktop","time":1762403096,"time_ago":"3 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Suspicions, inferences and reasonable concerns are perfectly fine. Answering questions with questions is less fine.

Statements of categorical fact about a whole class of things (in this case VPNs) demand more than that.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":5,"url":"item?id=45831446"}],"comments_count":1,"level":4,"url":"item?id=45829354"}],"comments_count":2,"level":3,"url":"item?id=45828892"}],"comments_count":3,"level":2,"url":"item?id=45827603"}],"comments_count":4,"level":1,"url":"item?id=45826936"}],"comments_count":5,"level":0,"url":"item?id=45825732"}],"comments_count":6,"url":"item?id=45825686"}

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