[sillysaurusx]

laughs in Mandarin

Well, I shouldn’t do that. Suffice to say, it’s simply a fact that China bans VPNs, and pretty much everyone goes along with it. People fear jail.

It’s hard (but not impossible) to imagine Europe and the US doing that. NordVPN is practically a household name, at least on YouTube.

[jaimex2]

President Pooh bans VPNs but pretty much everyone uses them and jumps over the great wall.

People just have a 'compliance' phone when authorities ask to rummage through it.

[LaerkeFuglesang]

> People just have a 'compliance' phone when authorities ask to rummage through it.

Does this ever work? Depending on the jurisdiction, law enforcement authorities can easily get a warrant to enter your home and search through everything to ensure that they find all of your devices.

[csomar]

VPNs are not illegal in China and are part of doing business/daily life. China is authoritarian, but at least smart. They understand that the great firewall can reduce the free flow of information to a respectable degree and thus they implemented it. They also understand that going after VPNs is futile with the current technology.