Is a VPN really needed?

[anon73303192]

@anon52464727

Is it always needed? I would say yes even though a case can be made for not always needing it. But I don’t think it does more harm than good and only helps even if you always have it on so might as well use it if you’re buying it.

Depends on the situation. If you say need to access your home network from the outside world, it becomes really inconvenient, because there is only one VPN on both IOS and Android. IOS makes this even harder because how restricted it is.

@anon52464727

To me the answer is quite simple and I no longer overthink and analyze about this. If it does what it needs to do and if you you need it (the two points you mentioned), then yes it is really needed.

Well, I am trying to argue against these points. For example, I’d say if one is on a mobile network, a commercial VPN isn’t really useful. Depending on the person, this might just cause more harm than good.

@anon52464727

To answer your titular question more directly - it depends on what you’re trying to achieve and why. Seems like you know enough about VPNs to answer this yourself.

I do and very well could answer myself. I just wanted to ask the community about this as I was curious about other people’s thoughts. Being behind CGNAT is a very popular within the US, because 5G home internet tend to be cheaper than fiber. This kind of internet could be from major Telecoms like Verizon, Xfinity, or T-Mobile.