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Why Trotsky? Because "permanent revolution"? sigh.


"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents."

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I don't use ProtonVPN, but damn... The author starts off his article with "I feel (sic!) it’s getting slower and slower.". Well, what do you mean? Can't you measure the speeds? Are we supposed to take your word for it? Even if he is right about protonVPN getting slower, that's no way of starting off an article...

On the second paragraph the author writes "Not only slower, but it also keeps disconnecting".. So, the author is sure that protonVPN is actually getting slower... But I thought he said he simply _felt_ like it was getting slower. Feelings are now equivalent to certainty, apparently.

Overall, not a good article, I'm sorry to say.


You're correct, and probably getting downvoted by bots or Mullvad voting rings. Just flag the article and move on.


"Where did the idea come from? In a dream. "

Yep. And a dream it shall remain. And what's up with the cringy video presentation?


Only a person who loves something would start with "Love it or Hate it", FYI.


These "what if" questions will always be relevant because of the nature of big (and small) tech companies. Creating a monopoly, data mining, and controlling the flow of information are simply irresistible - if not necessary - for tech companies like Google or Facebook. The only real solution is to have educated users that care about their privacy and security. In that case, if Google turns a free, open source protocol into a surveillance machine, the only solution is to step away from it and not use it. We cannot stop big tech companies from creating user-friendly, tempting malware.


>The only real solution is to have educated users that care about their privacy and security.

I don't believe that will ever be possible. Winning with technology seems like the only way to do it. Google wants even IMAP.


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