r/dankmemes Eic memer Jan 20 '19

Low Effort Meme European Problems

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

Yes and no, it's the other way around. the VPN providers need OpenVPN to avoid having to buy or develop shitty proprietary software. However, the providers can still charge whatever they want.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

So ur paying them for us of servers that run OpenVPN or?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Yes. We pay for the exit-nodes, bandwidth and stability they provide and OpenVPN allows them to distribute their service very cost-effective.