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The only real use case for VPNs is to bypass geo blocking on streaming sites, and the VPN providers know this. They also know that if they lean too hard into that, eventually someone will sue them and their business model will evaporate - so they add the “iT MaKEs yOu mORe SeCurE” nonsense as a fig leaf so they can say with a straight face that they operate a product with legitimate uses

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That is definitely what 90% of people use them for.

I think Tom Scott is the only person who’s ever done an honest VPN sponsor read.

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Ryan George too, he’s very clear in his VPN ad reads that he uses them to access streaming that isn’t available to him in outer space (his shtick is that he’s an ADstronaut).

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I can’t say VPNs are great for bypassing geo restrictions in 2024, unless you’re talking about tunneling through your home network.

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