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minus-square@9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish170•1 year agoTbh at least this one makes sense, who is going to use a VPN (an internet privacy tool) from Google?
minus-square@Socsa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish31•1 year agoMy purpose for a VPN is more about connecting to WiFi APs I don’t control. Google VPN worked just fine for that.
minus-square@mint_tamas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoThese days you don’t get much extra benefit on a VPN over TLS which you get on 99% of websites.
minus-squareDefederateLemmyMllinkfedilinkEnglish26•1 year ago who is going to use a VPN (an internet privacy tool) from Google? Exactly. That would be like using a web browser made by Google so they have direct access to your internet browsing history. Ridiculous!
minus-square@nutsack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-21 year agowhen traveling Communist countries in Asia with google fi it was really nice to have but then they revoked my data service while charging me the same amount every month, because they said I’m traveling too much.
minus-square@paf0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoHow long did it take for them to turn it off?
minus-square@nutsack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 year agotwo years I think. they told me I need to go to the United States at least once a year.
minus-square@paf0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoSeems entirely reasonable to me, depending on the country it costs them extra to route your calls overseas to another network.
minus-square@dirthawker0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoFi makes it pretty clear that use outside the US is meant to be temporary (unless you’re on military duty overseas). The person you replied to got a really long run and honestly has no cause for complaint.
minus-square@nutsack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI wish they would at least give me a discount for the service without the data.
minus-square@asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-2•1 year agoA better solution might be to not travel to communist countries.
minus-square@SpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoYeah right? I have a VPN to prevent Google (amongst many others) from having too much of my data.
minus-square@8000gnat@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoGoogles can have a little bit of my data, as a treat
minus-square@Tja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoOther than source IP address, I don’t see how does that prevent Google from having your data.
minus-square@iopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoPeople who live in countries with internet censorship?
minus-square@Blackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoTorrenting was blocked on it anyway, as far as I could tell.
Tbh at least this one makes sense, who is going to use a VPN (an internet privacy tool) from Google?
My purpose for a VPN is more about connecting to WiFi APs I don’t control. Google VPN worked just fine for that.
These days you don’t get much extra benefit on a VPN over TLS which you get on 99% of websites.
Exactly. That would be like using a web browser made by Google so they have direct access to your internet browsing history. Ridiculous!
when traveling Communist countries in Asia with google fi it was really nice to have
but then they revoked my data service while charging me the same amount every month, because they said I’m traveling too much.
How long did it take for them to turn it off?
two years I think. they told me I need to go to the United States at least once a year.
Seems entirely reasonable to me, depending on the country it costs them extra to route your calls overseas to another network.
Fi makes it pretty clear that use outside the US is meant to be temporary (unless you’re on military duty overseas). The person you replied to got a really long run and honestly has no cause for complaint.
I wish they would at least give me a discount for the service without the data.
A better solution might be to not travel to communist countries.
yeah you should stay home
in micronations
My sister. No fucking idea why
Yeah right? I have a VPN to prevent Google (amongst many others) from having too much of my data.
Googles can have a little bit of my data, as a treat
Other than source IP address, I don’t see how does that prevent Google from having your data.
People who live in countries with internet censorship?
Do you mean a media piracy tool?
That’s what he said.
Torrenting was blocked on it anyway, as far as I could tell.