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In a semi-related vein, I was in DC last week, and found that public WiFi at the Smithsonian and several other locations actively block the Google Fi VPN (and I assume any/all other VPNs as well).
@arstechnica The majority of users are not concerned with privacy - look at the billions of downloads for any major social media network. However, VPN users in general probably have a higher threshold for an acceptable level of privacy and are already using something that is privacy focused.
I'll add that I see nothing wrong with the product in general, a casual user securing communications from public hot spots or keeping traffic data away from the ISP is fine. Awareness is the first step.
@arstechnica Who normal want to use something that is a fake and yet another google driven piece of junk? It is not a real vpn, but only an semi transparent proxy. Identical one to this later implemented "for free" in their Pixel phones. But for this "for free" people are in the reality paying with their own data and privacy. Funny, that they are killing the service not long after being accused of misinformation fraud vs customers, pulled to the light by some security researchers.🤣😂 #FuckGoogle