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Why was the thread about the free VPN Riseup removed, while there's a 2 day old thread about Windscribe, a paid VPN still active?

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  • On their website it's said they're funded by donations.

    You would be wise to, you know, at least check out their website before making up your own nonsense.

    • Why was the thread about the free VPN Riseup removed, while there's a 2 day old thread about Windscribe, a paid VPN still active?

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  • This is FUD that's peddled to consumers so you don't feel bad about spending money on something you could be getting for free. Have you no concept of all the paid services that also harvest your data? It's a non-determining factor at this point.

    Try to see things from a practical perspective, instead of parroting "sayings" as though they are absolute fact.

    You could save some money for it!

    • Why was the thread about the free VPN Riseup removed, while there's a 2 day old thread about Windscribe, a paid VPN still active?

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  • I would, but it's better to make discussions of censorship public.

    I don't trust anyone who abuses their power, so I'm not going to try and reason with them personally.

    • Why was the thread about the free VPN Riseup removed, while there's a 2 day old thread about Windscribe, a paid VPN still active?

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  • At this point, it's becoming clearer that there is a concerted effort to stifle any discussion of free VPNs on the internet.

    I encourage anyone with a brain to try for themselves instead of letting others make decisions for them. Theory is no substitute for experience, and you could be wasting a lot of money just to fit in with suckers on the internet.

    • US egg prices hit a record high of $4.95 and are likely to keep climbing

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  • That was honestly a good joke.

    • US egg prices hit a record high of $4.95 and are likely to keep climbing

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  • $5. They're $5.

    • Sheryl Crow says goodbye to her Tesla and donates to NPR: 'You have to decide who you are willing to align with'

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  • Young Turks still proudly progressive and have no problem calling things out for what they are.

    • Sheryl Crow says goodbye to her Tesla and donates to NPR: 'You have to decide who you are willing to align with'

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  • It's funny how successful elon musk has been in conning liberals.

    • [Solved] Clipboard saves history across sessions even when set up not to

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  • Not a big fan of the clipboard setup in KDE. It records what you copy after you've copied something else. This can be turned off by reducing the history count to 1, but then you lose your clipboard data if the application you copied it from closes.

    • Fedora threatened with legal action from OBS Studio due to their Flatpak packaging

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  • Great explanation.

    If I were the OBS devs, I'd make a clear indication on their website when reporting bugs that the fedora version of OBS is unsupported for, well, the reasons they don't support it.

    It seems way more effective than threatening legal repercussions.

    • Fedora threatened with legal action from OBS Studio due to their Flatpak packaging

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  • thankfully arch isn’t getting into this nonsense

    🙌

    • Fedora threatened with legal action from OBS Studio due to their Flatpak packaging

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  • It's important to acknowledge that nothing is completely secure.

    I didn't know this was an issue for OBS because I'm not experiencing any problems nor am I seeing anyone else.

    • Fedora threatened with legal action from OBS Studio due to their Flatpak packaging

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  • Fedora's opinion seems to be that upgrading is always the right choice, which we disagree with.

    Ugh, I'm glad people are willing to fight back against these kinds of assertions.

    Regardless of who is right, facilitating and encouraging this kind of discourse is how we end up with better software for everyone.

    • Has anyone tried Riseup VPN?

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  • Nothing.

    • Has anyone tried Riseup VPN?

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  • Yeah, saving money totally makes me a useful idiot.

    Defending spending money on something you could be getting for free doesn't make you one.

    • Has anyone tried Riseup VPN?

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  • No, unfortunately (at least to the best of my knowledge.)

    This is the one advantage the paid VPN I was using has over Riseup.

    • Why are mods censoring threads about free VPNs?

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  • Lol. There you guys go making up bullshit again!

    Taken straight from their website: "This is an experiment to see if we can create a VPN service that is easy enough for everyone to use and that people will donate enough to sustain."

    Can you show me where it says they don't want people using it for torrenting? Or are you just making it up to fit in with all the other people who don't want to admit they're wasting money?

    • Why are mods censoring threads about free VPNs?

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  • Uhh, no. I'm calling out censorship for what it is.

    If the mods didn't want their abuse of power to be criticized, they shouldn't have abused it in the first place.

    • Why are mods censoring threads about free VPNs?

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  • No. People just said it's not designed for torrenting even though that's not true.

    From their website: "This is an experiment to see if we can create a VPN service that is easy enough for everyone to use and that people will donate enough to sustain."

    They make no mention of discouraging use by torrenters. That was completely made up by people on this forum who don't want to admit they're collectively wasting money.

    • Why are mods censoring threads about free VPNs?

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  • If the VPN is free, then you are the product.

    How about you actually think about what this means instead of regurgitating it as though it's a law of the universe?

    Practically speaking, how am I the product? Practically speaking, why does it matter? Practically speaking, you're just regurgitating bullshit you've been conditioned to accept by other proud consumers to justify why you're wasting money and avoid looking for better options.

    I don't expect more from any of you at this point.