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.
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it's discontinuing the feature because "people simply weren’t using it."
Gee, I wonder why... 🙄
17 Comments
Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de · 41 pts · 2y
TIL Google one had VPN
MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
I've got Google One for the storage but there was no way I wanted all my internet activity routed through the Google servers
criticon@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
The only time I used it was when a hotel wifi was blocking access to my VPN but Google's worked fine
Asudox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
You had your files in Google One storage though.
MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
Yes but I individually choose what goes in there it's not the fire hose of data that is everything I browse
uienia@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
TIL Google One
phoneymouse@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 2y
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 5 pts · 2y
dispensaries in California using police as security guards
Sneptaur@pawb.social · 0 pts · 2y
D y s t o p i a
ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2y
Someone should tell killedbygoogle.com about this astounding development
shotgun_crab@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Already updated it seems
tsonfeir@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 2y
What the heck was Google One? For a company that sells ads, they sure suck at marketing.
SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Cloud storage used by Google Mail, Photos and Drive combined.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
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
tsonfeir@lemm.ee · -1 pts · 2y
I wouldn’t trust it anyway.
kia@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 2y
Can't imagine trusting a VPN made by Google.
lordmauve@programming.dev · 4 pts · 2y
I've used it, but only when I'm on some really sketchy unencrypted WiFi network, like in an airport or a hotel.
It doesn't offer location spoofing like all other VPNs on the market, which I would have more use for.
Cyberflunk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
dirthawker0@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Google Fi also includes a VPN, I wonder if that's going as well?