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by Y_Y 184 days ago
> its forcing kids with no credit cards to download free and malware ridden ones

It very much is not.
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Manuel_D 184 days ago
It very much is. Free VPNs almost always have some sort of catch. E.g. HolaVPN users agree in the ToS to become an exit node for other VPN users: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hola_(VPN)

If social media is so compelling, then teens almost certainly will take whatever steps are necessary to access it.

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Y_Y 183 days ago
Proton has a good free offering.

That's not the point though. The kids can just not get a VPN, and instead do something else with their time.

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yfw 183 days ago
Because social media is so easy to cut out you dont need to ban it or its so addictive you do?
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