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Pornhub shuts down in Texas... and predictably, VPNs benefit (mashable.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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From the article: "Unsurprisingly, this skyrocketed searches for the best VPNs. According to a SlashGear report sent to Mashable, searches for "Texas VPN" jumped by 1,750 percent in the past day. It also spotted a 1,600 percent increase for the phrase "How to access Pornhub.""

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Probably the politicians bought VPN stock just before this was ruled. Just like so many "randomly" happened to buy video conference stock just before the COVID lockdown?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

I mean if you saw what was going on in Italy and had any clue about it, you'd have been smart and purchased it. There was a lockdown in Italy for like he saw it month before there was even talk of COVID coming to the states