[yomlica8]

I'd be a lot less concerned about more unnecessary captchas and more concerned about what kind of traffic VPN randos are piping in and out of my home ip address.

This could maybe work as a legit region blocking workaround service if the VPN only allowed connecting to popular streaming sites somehow. I don't think I'd trust it though.

[jeroenhd]

That's the thing, most users didn't know they joined a botnet, they just thought they cheated the system by finding a free VPN.

I think there's some merit to the idea, especially for free VPNs, but you'd need a whitelist for things like streaming services and something to prevent abuse. Of course these companies were just interested in building out botnets, but it could be done somewhat okay if the right groups of pirates and streaming customers banded together.