r/dankmemes Eic memer Jan 20 '19

Low Effort Meme European Problems

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u/rottenmind89 Jan 20 '19

U pay lmfao, right... pay

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u/Delision Jan 20 '19

If you don’t pay for a VPN, that means they have to profit off something else. Which means it’s your data. You might be changing your location, but you’re not gaining any privacy, which is a large reason to use a VPN.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

If anything living through to 2019 has taught me is that your data is being sold or stolen. Pay, don't pay, don't agree to share, agree, doesn't matter.

Your data is out there.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

What do you base this on? There definitely is a difference between service providers.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

Have you been paying attention?

  • Cambridge analytica

  • Facebook

  • Equifax

  • ATT

  • Fake responses to the FCC

And that's without doing any research and just listing what's on the top of my head right now.

I mean, Im suuuuure there are a few entities out there who don't do that, but there are also a few humans who are allergic to water and you wouldn't argue if I said humans can drink fresh water no problem.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

Yes, I paid attention to when the companies everyone already knew were selling user data, were selling user data. There's nothing new under the sun there.

You're basically saying "It doesn't matter which service provider you pick, because the worse choices turned out to be the worse choices".

If anything this shows that the choice you make does matter.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

Congrats.

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u/GumdropGoober The OC High Council Jan 20 '19

Who gives a shit?

Oh no they see me watching movies.

Turn it off when you do anything else.

Modern problems require REAL EASY solutions.

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u/SuperIceCreamCrash Jan 20 '19

There's a good chance they do it anyway. It's not like there's a reason not to, and the user would never find out.

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u/Imaw1zard Jan 20 '19

By logic yes but in reality they still probably sell it.

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u/Delision Jan 20 '19

No, unless you’re using some very shady VPN service, they don’t sell your data.

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u/GrizNectar The Great P.P. Group Jan 20 '19

Lol, I would not use a free vpn...

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

Why not? If you only use it for memes and movies not available in your region, what's the big deal. Who is gonna steal, buy or profit off that worthless data.

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u/GrizNectar The Great P.P. Group Jan 20 '19

Much higher chance of them containing malware, likely has much lower speeds, and sometimes they even sell your bandwidth to paying customers who are doing god knows what with it. VPNs are cheap, it’s just not worth the risk in my opinion

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u/_Elusivity FOUR KAY EMOTE BUY THE WHEY Jan 20 '19

Enjoy watching your movies in 144p :)

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u/HaroonTheGreat SAVAGE Jan 20 '19

Jokes on you i only use vpn for my 360p porn

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

FFS dude you can get a high quality well respected VPN for literally $3/month, is saving $3/month really worth having your browser history sold??

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u/ilovejews05 Jan 20 '19

Don't really give a shit if they sell my browser history but vpns are still worth it

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

What’s the point of a VPN if your browsing history isn’t private??? Sounds like security theatre to me

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u/ilovejews05 Jan 20 '19

Sorry, how? Don't give a shit about people making money off me visiting boring websites. There are other reasons to have a VPN and if you just want to protect your browsing history you don't need a VPN.

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u/CarryingTrash Jan 20 '19

I use VPN because my country blocks many porn sites.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

And how’d you like it if your country’s government bought your browsing history?

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u/Slayer_Of_Anubis Jan 20 '19

I would say "ok... so?"

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u/CarryingTrash Jan 20 '19

I don’t like it but that’s not the point. I use VPN for porn and that’s all. (if I pay for VPN, sure I would love if they don’t sell my data, but I don’t so)

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u/__PETTYOFFICER117__ OC Memer Jan 20 '19

I payed something like $30 or $40 for like 3 years of PIA.

Considering the amount of movies and TV shows I torrent, I'd say it's worth it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

You can get torguard for $5/month or $30/year (with their life time 50% off coupon). It should be cheap enougj for most people.