The massive discounts you see advertised while shopping for a virtual private network often aren’t exactly what they seem. It’s not uncommon to see VPN companies tout seemingly unbelievable savings of 80% or more off the “regular” subscription price. But a lot of smoke and mirrors usually goes into calculating those lofty percentages. There’s a reason the advertised savings seem too good to be true — because they often are.
It takes a lot to establish and run a VPN company, and all the technical overhead, payroll, legal, compliance, marketing and server infrastructure costs add up quickly. So it’s understandable that a VPN subscription will involve a monetary commitment from the end user. But many VPN companies employ various tricks to make it seem, at first glance, as though you can get their services for cheaper than what they actually end up costing over the long run.
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