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How come TurboVPN can have double the amount of downloads compared to NordVPN and ExpresVPN? ++ (slrpnk.net)

submitted 7 months ago by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Disclaimer: I know TurboVPN and the others mentioned are not good services to use, I'm strictly doing research. I'm not looking for VPN recommendations.

Genuinely wondering how these numbers are possible? 300M downloads and 8.35M reviews...? How?! Not even Amazon Shopping app or Disney+ have this many reviews. And surely NordVPN and Express VPN are considerable larger in both users and resources? I've never seen a sponsorship, not even once, from Turbo VPN. Are these numbers regional based? Is Turbo VPN more known in other regions? Is it easy to spoof these numbers?

Appreciate any comments on the matter, and have a nice day 🌻

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[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you care about privacy you should use tor/the tor network:

It's free
It can't track you unless someone happens to own your entire route the network, which hopefully isn't happening and would have to a very big actor and would only be a low chance
You can use tor bridges to bypass censorship and detection
You can visit hidden services if you find out their .onion address
You can host hidden services if you find out how to configure tor
You can switch to a VPN if you really want
Has integration into an existing privacy centred browser but can be used with anything that supports sock5 proxies

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I run tor nodes. I use VPNs to bypass geoblocks, not for privacy.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Fair enough