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Re:NordVPN disables features when you turn off auto-renew by mikeiz404 on Saturday February 06, 2021 @11:50AM (#26047722)
One reason is to help reduce some identifying information Ad networks and the like might collect since a common IP is shared among many users. There are disadvantages too but this is something you won’t get with self hosting.

Also ISPs in the US are able to sell your browsing history (https://protonmail.com/blog/private-browsing-history/) but I believe this can be mitigated by DOH.

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Re:NordVPN disables features when you turn off auto-renew by mikeiz404 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @03:53PM (#26082248)
Looks like the host name may still be leaked in HTTPS connections even when using DOH — https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-sni/

And HTTP will always reveal the host name with or without DOH.

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