• jherazob
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    322 years ago

    I’m thinking of the target user for this: For us here it’s a really unfunny joke. For the people wanting to do “non-kosher” stuff like watching streaming for other countries or even outright pirating i don’t think Google’s gonna have their back. People trying to hide their identity while doing compromising stuff (like anything sexual or identity related, not illegal but not something they want in public) hopefully know not to trust Google on this. And corporate users already have their own corporate VPNs, don’t think they’re aiming for those (yet).

    Who the fuck is left as potential user? My only conclusion is the terminally gullible. I see no other option. And since of course there’s a sucker born every minute it’ll have millions of users…

    • Pietson
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      292 years ago

      They’re fishing for people who think it’s important to have one because YouTube sponsorships told them so.

      • Fazoo
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        62 years ago

        But they’re all using a discounted NordVPN thanks to Warographics.

    • @CoriolisSTORM88@lemmy.world
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      102 years ago

      I used it when my wife was at the hospital and they had a public wifi network with no password. I already have Google One, so it was a no Brainer in my case.

    • 👁️👄👁️
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      92 years ago

      For casual people traveling that don’t want their free wifi being spied on. Also it’s free.

    • @Jimmycakes@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I pirate the shit out of torrents on Google VPN for years no problems. Spectrum kept hassling me getting caught twice in one month. Switched to Google and never got bothered again. They don’t throttle torrents either.