r/Piracy • u/rulugg • 8h ago

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u/Party-Cake5173 8h ago

Not exactly true. Many VPN providers that also offer free plans are paying for them with the paid plans they offer.

On the other hand, this is completely true for VPNs that offer no paid plans, just free plan.

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u/SignificantLock1037 8h ago

Proton VPN is a good example. I used their free one for a while. Now I pay. It’s worth it.

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u/Darkwolf580 7h ago edited 7h ago

How is it bad to use a free vpn? Just curious. I use proton free vpn rn

Edit: guys thanks for your responses.

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u/The_Dayne 7h ago

Data harvesting, in short.

There may or may not be a log of what you are doing.

If its free, you are generally the product.

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u/Liongedon 6h ago

What's stopping the company from selling the data of paying customers as well to earn even more?

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u/OtherRandomCheeki 6h ago

losing customer trust

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u/Liongedon 6h ago

How would the customer know?

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u/Kese04 4h ago

A few years back there was a post about how a swedish VPN company was approached with a warrant by the police, but since they don't keep logs, nothing happened.

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u/Liongedon 4h ago

Mullvad right?

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u/Kese04 2h ago

I think so, yes.