Well it wouldn't be news if it wasn't newsworthy :p

Thank you for your perspective. Yes I think people can find both extremes and everything inbetween depending on where they look, but I don't think that necessarily represents a majority of the population. I do think more can probably be done to reduce waiting times for people on either side though.

not from VPN provider and legit websites

Why not? Aren't you worried about either of them selling/leaking your data? I think a lot of people here are.

I think you assume that there is even a contract, and that if it did exist, it wouldn't allow this.

Going to court for this would also cost way more than the product is worth.

not everyone is a science wizard

That small group of people gives you plausible deniability, there's no way to prove who it was. And the more you open it up for others to use, the more likely it wasn't you.

Maybe, but then people disagreeing with those defaults leads to the massive amount of fragmentation and "too many choices" we are now dealing with in the FOSS world.

Can someone ELI5? I still don't get it after reading the post description and the link.

I want my desk attached too so I can change the scenery whenever I want

Ah that's too bad, guess I can't really blame you then.

df -h . you're welcome

I think this solution is way too impractical for most people, who tend to unlock their phone many times a day.