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		dgellow 77 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SoundCloud has banned VPN access VPNs is such a shady industry, I really don't blame companies for blocking them. 99% of people using a VPN do not understand they are giving all their traffic to a random company in a jurisdiction they can't verify, with privacy policies they didn't read, operated by people they've never heard of, based entirely on marketing claims and affiliate-driven "reviews". There is pretty much zero regulatory oversight. The ownership structure of VPN companies is opaque, often owned by holding companies. For example Kape Technologies owns ExpressVPN, PIA, CyberGhost, etc.

Anamon 76 days ago [–]

... on the other hand, there's the fact that millions of people can't meaningfully participate on the Internet without one.

Many VPN providers may be shady, but none as shady as the governments and corporations that drive people to using them.

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