10 sats \ 2 replies \ @viktorv OP 30 Jul \ parent \ on: Any tips for next adoption move as a merchant? bitcoin
hi Matt!
this is a good suggestion, and we have thought about this. mainly off the back of podcast 2.0 personal experiences + L402 experiments. the reason we did not pursue this is the main use case for our user base is "always on VPN" to counter mass surveillance primarily by ISP's. we could not forecast real demand for this and making it happen was not a straightforward exercise. I still think it's a novel/useful approach though, will reach out when we discuss it again internally.
half-related question - what's your use case for a VPN browser extension [besides this idea]? it's been in our backlog for some time but could not find compelling reasons to build it. "can't install software on my work laptop" and "i need ad hoc tunnels for a short browsing session and won't bother tunnelling all my traffic through the vpn" were the primary ones.
good luck with PPQ will look into it.
I use a VPN periodically to:
- Watch Netflix from different countries
- Look at how my employer's website appears and functions from different countries as a part of my job in marketing.
- Use some of my Bitcoin and Crypto wallets (I live in NYC and many crypto apps are IP blocked in NY due to the BitLicense).
- Trade and/or research certain crypto platforms that IP block US crypto users
- Use swap services that ban US crypto users
- When I am using public Wifi
The browser extension is the ultimate non-techie, intuitive, and user friendly way to turn on a VPN.
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Great writeup, thanks for the input!
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