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How come TurboVPN can have double the amount of downloads compared to NordVPN and ExpresVPN? ++
(slrpnk.net)
Disclaimer: I know TurboVPN and the others mentioned are not good services to use, I'm strictly doing research. I'm not looking for VPN recommendations.
Genuinely wondering how these numbers are possible? 300M downloads and 8.35M reviews...? How?! Not even Amazon Shopping app or Disney+ have this many reviews. And surely NordVPN and Express VPN are considerable larger in both users and resources? I've never seen a sponsorship, not even once, from Turbo VPN. Are these numbers regional based? Is Turbo VPN more known in other regions? Is it easy to spoof these numbers?
Appreciate any comments on the matter, and have a nice day ๐ป
It's as simple as 'it's free'. Most people don't care about privacy, just bypassing censorship. Plus, the majority of people in third world countries can't afford to pay for a vpn, so they'll flock towards free ones.
Right they do have a free, rather limited tier. But this still has me shocked that they actually got that many downloads. I've now also checked other free ones, and they also have 100M downloads, truly crazy. As these are so far from being good for privacy.
As I said, only very few people cares about their privacy, so it's not really that shocking. I believe that the people that download these vpns don't even knows what these companies are doing with their data afterwards. Can't be scared of something happening to you if you don't know it's happening, or even what's happening in the first place.
The majority of netizens have a privacy literacy problem.
I believe this to be the case indeed