The company rolled out Google One’s VPN feature back in 2020, but you could only access it if you’re paying for a plan with at least 2TB of storage, which costs at least $10 a month.

it’s discontinuing the feature because “people simply weren’t using it.”

Gee, I wonder why… 🙄

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TIL Google one had VPN

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I’ve got Google One for the storage but there was no way I wanted all my internet activity routed through the Google servers

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The only time I used it was when a hotel wifi was blocking access to my VPN but Google’s worked fine

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You had your files in Google One storage though.

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Yes but I individually choose what goes in there it’s not the fire hose of data that is everything I browse

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TIL Google One

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Getting a VPN from Google is like asking the police to safeguard your drugs

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dispensaries in California using police as security guards

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D y s t o p i a

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Someone should tell killedbygoogle.com about this astounding development

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Already updated it seems

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What the heck was Google One? For a company that sells ads, they sure suck at marketing.

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Cloud storage used by Google Mail, Photos and Drive combined.

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Yeah they didn’t really need to advertise it specifically. It’s a core part of a lot of their other tools

Edit: the cloud storage didn’t need advertised. I’ve never heard of their vpn before even though sounds like I technically had access to it lol

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I wouldn’t trust it anyway.

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Can’t imagine trusting a VPN made by Google.

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