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What free VPNs would you reccomend? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm a total noob about VPNs, but I'd like to beat my service provider's data throttling. I need to do a lot of downloading and uploading of large files, and am running into my deadline, but I don't have any disposable income to put into a paid VPN. Do Y'all have suggestions?

For people telling me to pay for one; if I had the money I would have just done that and wouldn't have needed to ask. But as it stands, I can barely make enough money to feed myself, it's pretty hard to justify the cost of a decent VPN (even if it seems cheap to you). I don't really care about privacy or companies selling my data, I just want to upload what needs to be uploaded in a timely manner, as it's already taken three days of shit internet, and it's still 22% done.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Do not use a VPN for privacy reasons.

I’d like to beat my service provider’s data throttling.

How does that work? Why would using a VPN help with throttling?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Maybe OP means that their ISP is throttling certain websites like netflix or youtube.

AFAIK If you use a vpn your ISP would no longer be able to see what domains you are connecting to and hence not be able to throttle based on what site you are visiting

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

I dunno the proper terms, like I said I'm a bit of a noob about VPNs, but my speeds are definitely lower than they used to be, and they definitely have been getting slower. I've been told a VPN could help with that, but idk which one does that the best at my price point. (and yes, I understood before making the post that free VPNs aren't great nor private)