No… I don’t. I can’t stand when this clickbaity article gets reposted because as is the case of most articles, the headline is read and the nuanced discussion within the article isn’t. For many people, a VPN is more suited to our needs than Tor Browser.
b) I play video games sometimes, one in particular that unfortunately has a lot of script kiddies who enjoy posting peoples’ IP address/city/etc.
For a) and b), a VPN is very good to have. Torrenting should be more popular and by normalizing the use of VPNs, it cuts down one barrier to piracy that usually is a barrier when a person doesn’t already use a VPN. Video games without dedicated servers are sadly getting more common, so a VPN is also useful for that.
I know, and my issue is that the author’s clickbaity title is just plain silly given the fact that he pretty much backpedals deep into the article. It’s just needlessly misleading.
No… I don’t. I can’t stand when this clickbaity article gets reposted because as is the case of most articles, the headline is read and the nuanced discussion within the article isn’t. For many people, a VPN is more suited to our needs than Tor Browser.
my (genuine and interested) question would be: why?
a) I torrent a LOT.
b) I play video games sometimes, one in particular that unfortunately has a lot of script kiddies who enjoy posting peoples’ IP address/city/etc.
For a) and b), a VPN is very good to have. Torrenting should be more popular and by normalizing the use of VPNs, it cuts down one barrier to piracy that usually is a barrier when a person doesn’t already use a VPN. Video games without dedicated servers are sadly getting more common, so a VPN is also useful for that.
these use cases are acknowledged in the article, the argument the author makes is about other use cases which are arguably more common than yours.
I know, and my issue is that the author’s clickbaity title is just plain silly given the fact that he pretty much backpedals deep into the article. It’s just needlessly misleading.