• solsangraal@lemmy.zip
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    4 months ago

    not to criticize proton’s product, but trying to act like you’re doing something special by buying audits when that’s what any recognized and reputable VPN brand does makes you look like noobs

    talk about your servers, speed, support, etc-- that’s what sets you apart from competitors

    edit: lol wouldn’t have pegged this crowd for a sensitive bunch. my mistake, carry on trumpeting your audits lol

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      They don’t act special, they act in an open and respectful manner towards their customers.

      what any recognized and reputable VPN brand does

      And what makes a VPN brand recognizable and reputable if nobody knows that they passed the audit?

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      “Trust me bro, I ain’t keeping logs.”

      Vs

      “You don’t need to trust us, we don’t want you to trust us when we say ‘we don’t keep logs’. We have an unbiased and unconflicted third-party audit our service every year. You can review their findings for yourself here.”

      Trust me, bro.

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      talk about your servers, speed, support, etc-- that’s what sets you apart from competitors

      All of that can easily be judged by any customers. The no-logging part can’t be checked by regular customers

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      I think a good sense of criticism is always good. And I don’t like loyalty, ever. But, no matter where you go, there will be a rule of thumb that people will blindly follow. None of this will make me likable though because of the lack of trust I show them with everything.

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        rule of thumb that people will blindly follow.

        i’m over 40 and am still confounded by this. brand loyalty always struck me as the dumbest possible behavior from people whose only value to the brand is in their wallet. i guess it’s easy to believe the company really truly cares about you when that’s what they pretend to do

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          You’re getting downvoted because you’re conflating contrarianism with critical thinking, and people have already pointed out your mistaken logic.

          It has nothing to do with brand loyalty. You’re just falling into the other side of the “herd mentality” coin.

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            4 months ago

            one hilarious thing i’ve learned is that any particular brand’s fanbois hate being called fanbois LOL

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          There are very few of us, and it’s probably a DNA/brain wiring thing. Kinda like me looking at republican as if they are aliens because they can watch trump and think what he’s saying is good, and totally not like a dictator such as hitler.

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            4 months ago

            right. the party of “individual liberty” and “small government” who also wants the government to mandate what gender you’re allowed to bump uglies with and outlaw porn