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Case in point why you should never ever use a 3rd party VPN ever for any reason. Even for something quick.

There are plenty of good/trustworthy VPN services. They just don't advertise as much as the bad ones. I know that the VPN company I use can't abuse my connection because I don't even use their app, and can instead set up wireguard/OpenVPN connections to my liking.

Beyond the technical side, a public VPN company provides much more anonymity than using your own VPS/server, as you share an IP and traffic with other users rather than just having a second personal IP to your name.

>There are plenty of good/trustworthy VPN services. They just don't advertise as much as the bad ones.

This is also why I always immediately unsubscribe from and stop watching any YouTuber who starts pushing these services. They are 100% shady. Which leaves only two possibilities; that the content creator is either naive or willfully complicit.

Almost 100% of them are naive, unless they’re crypto bros.

> There are plenty of good/trustworthy VPN services

Unless you know how they operate, they all are untrustworthy. It's just how you trust them.

Even if it's the case today, change of ownership tomorrow may bring totally new SOPs.

This is why there is no good/trustworthy VPN services.

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