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Re:Tailscale Is Pretty Useful by mr_mitm on Thursday March 06, 2025 @01:59AM (#43277241)
I get all that, but why do you say it's not a VPN and then go on describe it as a VPN at length? Of course it's a VPN.

Is it because lot of people are just using a VPN as a proxy replacement, watering down the original meaning of the word?

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Re:Tailscale Is Pretty Useful by eddythompson80 on Thursday March 06, 2025 @02:46AM (#43277542)
> Is it because lot of people are just using a VPN as a proxy replacement, watering down the original meaning of the word?

Yes. The question was about a “mainstream consumer”. While “mainstream” is always a moving target, today (in March 2025) that mainstream consumer believes that a VPN == NordVPN == ExpressVPN == what we call/know as a proxy.

NordVPN added some mesh features and you can CTRL-F this thread to find a confused person asking “how is tailscale different than Nord?”

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