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by lilsoso 2066 days ago
> 2) As setting up a VPN company is easy/cheap, you conversely have to spend a large pile of cash to advertize your way to the top.

Therefore, it seems to obvious that the VPN companies with the largest advertising budgets (perhaps even running a deficit) are run by intelligence agencies. They recoup their investment on the data harvested.