The company rolled out Google One’s VPN feature back in 2020, but you could only access it if you’re paying for a plan with at least 2TB of storage, which costs at least $10 a month.
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it’s discontinuing the feature because “people simply weren’t using it.”
Gee, I wonder why… 🙄
TIL Google one had VPN
I’ve got Google One for the storage but there was no way I wanted all my internet activity routed through the Google servers
The only time I used it was when a hotel wifi was blocking access to my VPN but Google’s worked fine
You had your files in Google One storage though.
Yes but I individually choose what goes in there it’s not the fire hose of data that is everything I browse
TIL Google One
Getting a VPN from Google is like asking the police to safeguard your drugs
dispensaries in California using police as security guards
D y s t o p i a
Someone should tell killedbygoogle.com about this astounding development
Already updated it seems
What the heck was Google One? For a company that sells ads, they sure suck at marketing.
Cloud storage used by Google Mail, Photos and Drive combined.
Yeah they didn’t really need to advertise it specifically. It’s a core part of a lot of their other tools
Edit: the cloud storage didn’t need advertised. I’ve never heard of their vpn before even though sounds like I technically had access to it lol
I wouldn’t trust it anyway.
Can’t imagine trusting a VPN made by Google.
I’ve used it, but only when I’m on some really sketchy unencrypted WiFi network, like in an airport or a hotel.
It doesn’t offer location spoofing like all other VPNs on the market, which I would have more use for.
Well this sucks. I used it when I traveled, public hotspots and such. Worked fine. I never found them intercepting traffic, and I use private DNS. I don’t think they can get into tls connections yet, so as long as your apps are secure, it’s just as reasonable a risk as a public wifi.
Google Fi also includes a VPN, I wonder if that’s going as well?
