Wait, so I can have free movies and subvert the adtech business model at the same time? What's the catch?

warkdarrior 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Exactly my thought. For, say, $50/month I can get a second ISP to my house, host the proxy (and only that) on that link, and enjoy free movies. It is cheaper than having 2-3 streaming service subscriptions.

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walrus01 29 minutes ago | parent [-]

Or for $5/mo you could have a mullvad subscription and a vpn-aware bittorrent client that knows how to pause if the vpn drops.

	▲	Dylan16807 28 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		True but that option got a lot worse when they disabled port forwarding.

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xp84 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

ehh, subvert is a stretch. But yes, you too can be a minor accessory to scams run by thieves to rob advertisers, with enriching the world's largest ad company as a side-effect. Not exactly a Robin Hood situation given that tons of the advertisers being robbed are just normal small developers trying to get their apps out there.

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dist-epoch 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

These residential proxies are also used by scrapers. From scraping stores to scalp merchandise, to scrapers of data for AI training.

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mitxela 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Sounds awesome, what's the catch?

	▲	walrus01 27 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You also get to run credit card fraud purchases through your home internet connection, such fun times we live in.
	▲	Dylan16807 30 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
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