Solved Firefox and free VPN


Terence said:
I find that hard to believe. It might be free for a limited period of time.
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Until they have everybody sucked in and used to using the software, then the charges/subscriptions will come.
 

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suparoo said:
Until they have everybody sucked in and used to using the software, then the charges/subscriptions will come.
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By using Firefox's built-in paid VPN, you'd be helping them out financially. If you believe in helping Mozilla out this way, then it's for a good cause.
 

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Terence said:
I find that hard to believe. It might be free for a limited period of time.
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Why? Proton VPN Free has been available for some time. It also has no limits on transfers, but I obviously haven't taxed it that much anyway. I have done a few gigabytes through it without any issues, and it was quite speedy as well. Sure, they'd like you to upgrade to their paid version, but they don't push it.
 

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suparoo said:
Until they have everybody sucked in and used to using the software, then the charges/subscriptions will come.
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That strategy is only potentially effective if there are no free alternatives; in this case there are, e.g., Proton and Windscribe.
 

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The free Firefox service only provides privacy for Firefox traffic by routing your data through a proxy which hides your IP address. It doesn't provide this privacy for your PC, only Firefox traffic. The Mozilla VPN paid service covers your whole device.
 

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PerpetualCycle said:
The free Firefox service only provides privacy for Firefox traffic by routing your data through a proxy which hides your IP address. It doesn't provide this privacy for your PC, only Firefox traffic. The Mozilla VPN paid service covers your whole device.
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Good point! There are free VPN services that protect the whole system too. It just depends on what you need.
 

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Victek said:
There are free VPN services that protect the whole system too. It just depends on what you need.
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Sure, there are 'free' out there. But as I said before, there's really no such thing as 'free'. You will pay, somehow. Either through a later subscription, or the 'free VPN' selling your data to someone, and maybe pushing ads and inserting spyware on you.

They have to make money somehow. Even the bad ones have to make money. Life ain't a bowl of cherries and they somehow live off air alone, ya know...
 

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I use a VPN, why? Because I want to. If I took the advice of everything I read on the web, I would sleep with one eye open. 🤣
 

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:cool: I just love reading this kind of threads.. some get it right and some is way wrong..
and i love the people that uses the phrase "I have nothing to hide" and those who say they dont have anything to hide do have things they want to hide.... They just say it so it should sound political correct. 😅
 

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