Free VPNs vs Paid VPNs: What Are You Actually Paying For?

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Free VPNs aren't free.
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Free VPNs aren't free. Someone pays for every server, every IP address, every gigabyte of traffic. When you don't pay with money, you pay with your data, your bandwidth, or sometimes your identity. To make you understand this better, I’ll break down the actual infrastructure economics with real numbers and documented cases in this article.