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Re: List of VPN Service Providers - 2021
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ETFbitcoin
on 23/03/2022, 10:10:12 UTC
gonna test ProtonVPN "Plus" plan which fits my needs.
I can't agree with ProntonVPN's Terms:
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You specifically agree not to use this Service for:
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Harassing, abusing, insulting, harming, defaming, slandering, disparaging, intimidating, or discriminating based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability
So they don't log anything, but they restrict freedom of speech by telling me I can't tell you you're a dick? I'm insulted by the fact that they think insults have to be regulated.

While i can understand you disagreement, it sounds like standard ToS where they include any possible user activity that could give them trouble. Even other privacy-oriented VPN mentioned in this forum have some unsettling/vague details on their ToS, such as

Windscribe is not responsible for any failures to maintain the confidentiality, security, accuracy or quality of your data, messages or pages whether or not related to interruptions or performance issues with the Service.

11. You will not use our services to threaten or harass others.

Use Surfshark to mask your identity for illegal or malicious purposes;



On the one hand they say this:
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You specifically agree not to use this Service for:

Promoting illegal activities
But on the other hand they say this:
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We created ProtonVPN to protect the journalists and activists who use ProtonMail.
So which one is it? If a shady government bans something that threatens them, that means an activist won't be allowed to use ProtonVPN to promote overthrowing that government.

To be fair, those shady government need to pass through Swiss jurisdiction. Although we already know it already happened once, https://restoreprivacy.com/protonmail-logs-users/.