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Fun fact, VPNs are regulated by the state in China
that's not how VPNs work
Regulated doesn't mean they control all VPNs, it means they usually have laws requiring any use of VPN to be licensed, and usually is allowed for businesses rather than individuals. They also block via their firewall many providers. Of course, you could always use one illegally as long as traffic isn't blocked. Just don't get caught.
Sure it is. But it means that they can tell the VPNs to block the same stuff that everyone else is told to block.
"the VPNs" is not a thing when literally anyone's connection can be a VPN for someone else and nobody else would know
Internet itself is regulated by the nation state.
Same in Russia. I worked with a banking company that had a Russia office, and the company had to get government approval for the BOVPNs that were used.
Not in Hong Kong :)
Hong Kong is the cooler Daniel
What's the point then?
False sense of security. It will still provide some privacy against ad tracking.
Security and testing localization will be big use cases. But privacy and or using banned apps, no so much. They don’t call it the Great Firewall for nothing. ISPs, VPNs, etc.
If you want to use western social media , it’s not as simple as jumping into a VPN.