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Re:Ask HN: What are some “10x” software product innovations ... by Sohcahtoa82 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @05:23PM (#26483190)
> Now the only value proposition is some wishy-washy privacy stuff that is much harder to sell people on, even if it's in their best interest.

They'll still use Chrome or Edge/IE, but will use NordVPN or ExpressVPN after seeing their favorite YouTuber claim that the VPN protects their data and gives them privacy...

...while still not using an ad blocker, which makes the VPN almost entirely worthless from a privacy perspective. At most, it blocks your ISP from seeing what you're doing.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some “10x” software product innovations ... by yjftsjthsd-h on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @05:42PM (#26483450)
> At most, it blocks your ISP from seeing what you're doing.

In fairness, that is a nontrivial privacy win for a decent number of people.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some “10x” software product innovations ... by weird-eye-issue on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @06:27PM (#26484022)
That's not totally fair. They also hide your IP from sites you access. So if somebody sent me a link to an IP logger and I clicked it, they would not know what city or state I actually live in, for example.
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Re:Ask HN: What are some “10x” software product innovations ... by Sohcahtoa82 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @04:50AM (#26488137)
True. You're definitely right there.
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