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minus-squaretootoughtoremember@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up186·1 year agoAdd it to the pile.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up135arrow-down2·1 year agoTbh at least this one makes sense, who is going to use a VPN (an internet privacy tool) from Google?
minus-squareSocsa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·1 year agoMy purpose for a VPN is more about connecting to WiFi APs I don’t control. Google VPN worked just fine for that.
minus-squaremint_tamas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoThese days you don’t get much extra benefit on a VPN over TLS which you get on 99% of websites.
minus-squareAWittyUsername@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoMy sister. No fucking idea why
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·edit-21 year agowhen traveling Communist countries in Asia with google fi it was really nice to have but then they revoked my data service while charging me the same amount every month, because they said I’m traveling too much.
minus-squarepaf0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHow long did it take for them to turn it off?
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year agotwo years I think. they told me I need to go to the United States at least once a year.
minus-squarepaf0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoSeems entirely reasonable to me, depending on the country it costs them extra to route your calls overseas to another network.
minus-squaredirthawker0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoFi makes it pretty clear that use outside the US is meant to be temporary (unless you’re on military duty overseas). The person you replied to got a really long run and honestly has no cause for complaint.
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI wish they would at least give me a discount for the service without the data.
minus-squareasdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·1 year agoA better solution might be to not travel to communist countries.
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoyeah you should stay home
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoPeople who live in countries with internet censorship?
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoWhenever Google launches a product or service wait at least 5 years before even trying it to see if they’re serious, got it
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoIt’s like a self-fulfilling prophecy at that point. Like Netflix with new shows. Netflix: here’s this new show People: yeah you guys always cancel stuff after the first season or two, I’m not gonna get invested in something that will just get canceled Netflix: man, these viewership numbers are low. CANCELED!
Add it to the pile.
Tbh at least this one makes sense, who is going to use a VPN (an internet privacy tool) from Google?
My purpose for a VPN is more about connecting to WiFi APs I don’t control. Google VPN worked just fine for that.
These days you don’t get much extra benefit on a VPN over TLS which you get on 99% of websites.
My sister. No fucking idea why
when traveling Communist countries in Asia with google fi it was really nice to have
but then they revoked my data service while charging me the same amount every month, because they said I’m traveling too much.
How long did it take for them to turn it off?
two years I think. they told me I need to go to the United States at least once a year.
Seems entirely reasonable to me, depending on the country it costs them extra to route your calls overseas to another network.
Fi makes it pretty clear that use outside the US is meant to be temporary (unless you’re on military duty overseas). The person you replied to got a really long run and honestly has no cause for complaint.
I wish they would at least give me a discount for the service without the data.
A better solution might be to not travel to communist countries.
yeah you should stay home
People who live in countries with internet censorship?
Whenever Google launches a product or service wait at least 5 years before even trying it to see if they’re serious, got it
It’s like a self-fulfilling prophecy at that point. Like Netflix with new shows.
Netflix: here’s this new show
People: yeah you guys always cancel stuff after the first season or two, I’m not gonna get invested in something that will just get canceled
Netflix: man, these viewership numbers are low. CANCELED!