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I use a VPN because I want a proxy, and for e.g iOS it seems a VPN is the easiest way to set up a proxy.

The article lists several reasons to use VPNs but isn’t the biggest one these days simply to circumvent geographical content limitations for online services such as video streaming? Nearly everyone I know has used a VPN service at some point, and if you asked any of the non-technical ones what it is they might say ”a think that lets me watch the game broadcast when I’m in another country”.

People want proxies and the VPN providers provide VPNs that work like proxies. I can’t really see the downside to using the VPN as a proxy?



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