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SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube

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192 points bgstry | 2 comments | 21 Apr 21 07:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.754s | source
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daveoc64 ◴[22 Apr 21 00:23 UTC] No.26897141[source]▶
I really don't like how most sponsored segments are just downright misleading about what VPNs do. Making them funny doesn't change the fact that the ads are deceptive.

There's always some fearmongering about people stealing your data on public networks, but no actual substance about feasible attacks that could happen in reality.

In the UK, similar ads have been banned by the advertising regulator for being misleading, and it's about time that spurious claims in YouTube videos got more scrutiny.

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1. developer2 ◴[22 Apr 21 03:49 UTC] No.26898526[source]▶
I feel sorry for average non-technical people who get hoodwinked into VPNs. The majority of people have absolutely no need for a VPN for "privacy" reasons, particularly these days with wide adoption of TLS which prevents ISPs from reading and/or injecting content into streams.

Modern cases for a VPN:

1. The few countries/regions with severely corrupt governments/ISPs.

2. Accessing region-locked services; eg. another country's Netflix.

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2. XCSme ◴[24 Apr 21 15:49 UTC] No.26925790[source]▶
I use the TunnelBear VPN because it has a 500MB/mo free limit and I use their different servers in different regions to check the localization of prices/text on my sites.