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klntskytoday at 6:13 AM4 repliesview on HN

Why are they trying to sell a VPN in the countries where users barely need it?


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ShowalkKamatoday at 6:44 AM

https://www.pornhub.com/blog/age-verification-in-the-news

Over the past year, Pornhub had to make the difficult decision to block access to users in the following American states due to Age Verification laws:

    Alabama
    Arizona
    Arkansas
    Florida
    Georgia
    Idaho
    Indiana
    Kansas
    Kentucky
    Mississippi
    Missouri
    Montana
    Nebraska
    North Carolina
    North Dakota
    Oklahoma
    South Carolina
    South Dakota
    Tennessee
    Texas
    Utah
    Virginia
    Wyoming
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mrweaseltoday at 8:49 AM

That feels weird to me as well. I get that they need to trial it, but United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom isn't really the countries I'd priorities for a free VPN.

I understand that a number of people in both the US and the UK is struggling right now and may not be able to affort a VPN, but their primary need is to avoid age restriction, while a large number countries are censoring the internet for political reasons. That latter seems more important to address.

trekkie99today at 11:20 AM

OS age verification?

sunaookamitoday at 8:58 AM

A VPN is more relevant than ever in Europe.