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Re:Tailscale Is Pretty Useful by Dylan16807 on Thursday March 06, 2025 @04:28AM (#43278172)
> But what you're referring to as a "VPN app" is something very different than what the parent poster is referring to with respect to what Tailscale is.

Does that matter? It still shows willingness to install.

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Re:Tailscale Is Pretty Useful by hn_throwaway_99 on Thursday March 06, 2025 @11:24AM (#43281956)
I think it matters a lot because the use cases are so different.

Just look at the US - tons of people now install a VPN app like Nord or Mullvad to get around state-level porn blocks. In other countries it's to get around other types of censorship. And to install those apps on something like a phone or laptop is trivially easy.

The use cases for installing Tailscale (I need a home network and I need to be able to access these devices from the Internet) is, I would guess, ~5% compared to the other VPN use case. I'm a software developer, and I don't need it.

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