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It's sus to me how cheap vpns are

Looking at my own costs for hosting and bandwidth, seems like they would lose a lot of money

I suspect they are selling data tbh
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openoms 1y ago

Rent a VPS for $3.5-5/month and use it as you own VPN (eg. as Tailscale exit node.).

Now think that how many people could share it using a simple app and credentials.

Bandwith is cheap, you are paying for the storage and the IP address mostly.

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Mynymbox - Privacy friendly hosting solutions 1y ago

Bandwith is not always cheap and you have to be carefuk as some providers charge you a ton for every extra TB.

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Mynymbox - Privacy friendly hosting solutions 1y ago

Regarding using a VPS as VPN. Yes, it can has it advantages BUT you do not hide in the crowd with that concept. Maybe you want to hide in the crowd than use Mullvad as it is used a lot, or use ProtonVPN.