Are VPNs desired here?

[Samuel]

Hey,

I'm curious whether or not a solid VPN service would actually gain any traction here? Let's say it was $5/month to use the VPN with various locations.

Leave your opinions at the top. ^^

Thanks.

 

[Zyger]

Sure, but you're gonna have to be unique

 

[Samuel]

I'm bringing an example, for example, I live in New Jersey, so I'd just a $2.50 or $5 VPS from OVH or vultr and set up an instance for the same price and a guaranteed privacy policy that I can agree with (I run it). You would really be only having a chance to sell it if you offer residentials, really good privacy policy, unlimited bandwith, and good DDoS mitigation. non-residential IP addresses get blocked by the likes of netflix, hulu etc and many other streaming and other services.

I don't think your price comparison really works here though. Let's say I have 8 locations, at $2.50 a pop, you'd could only reasonably fit 2 or 3 locations into yours. Maybe that's enough for you, but for some people that's not really what they look for.

Note taken on residential IPs though, I'll see what I can offer (if anything). Thanks!

 

[NickE]

I don't think your price comparison really works here though. Let's say I have 8 locations, at $2.50 a pop, you'd could only reasonably fit 2 or 3 locations into yours. Maybe that's enough for you, but for some people that's not really what they look for.

Note taken on residential IPs though, I'll see what I can offer (if anything). Thanks!

You dont have to spin them up for the whole month, Vultr charges hourly

And they also have an openvpn template already

 

[kojoti]

I'm assuming you're referring to the GDPR? The GDPR is a huge step in the right (and a bit in the wrong) direction to ensure customer safety, protection, and "respect" online when dealing with corporation. EU citizens have essentially been written a new bill of rights online (not really, but the metaphor sort of fits), giving them the right to increased privacy, responsible disclosure of data breaches, removal of customer data from servers on request and much more. For the most part, the only people who don't benefit from this would be the companies that weren't treating their customers justly in the first place.

***Note: I am not a GDPR expert, nor do I claim to be. This is from a 3rd party perspective and my understanding on the matter***

You have explained that very well [DOUBLEPOST=1536086869][/DOUBLEPOST]

It doesn't suck? That's great, you and your information is protected more than it was previously.

That is true, but we are not safe anywhere on the internet bro