[mycall]

There are plenty of other ways to virtual data without a VPN, e.g. sockpuppets, ipfs, etc. Since data tends to drift towards being free, it is a game of wack-a-mole.

[macintux]

How many users are going to have the technical acumen & desire to keep playing the game?

At some point the number of people who are going to be able to succeed is so small they might know who you are just by virtue of you continuing to compete.

[rirze]

All you need is one and a good business model.

Modern adblocking emerged exactly in the same way. The majority of people who use adblock have no idea what current techniques and methods are used.

[thfuran]

>a good business model

What exactly does that mean when the entire business is inherently illegal?

[rirze]

Right, my bad. Illegal business don't exist.

Any other obviously bad-faith questions?

[macintux]

Ad blocking isn’t illegal (yet).

[rirze]

Whether something is illegal or not has no bearing.

Righteous minds will figure out workarounds in the face of being told "they cannot/should not do <this one thing>".

All you need is one contrarian.

[nunez]

all much slower and annoying to use

fine if privacy is of utmost priority

not fine if you want to stream youtube without region locks.