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Personally, I don't consider it a tax at all.

My VPN subscription has saved me hundreds, if not thousands of dollars.

Genuinely: how? Is your claim quantifiable at all? I don't use a VPN, and I'm not seeing gobs of money slipping through my fingers.

Either they're saying reduced ad targeting has lowered "unwanted" purchases or they're saying that they've safely pirated software, media, book, etc. without incurred.

Now, I don't know what the expected cost of torrenting an HBO show is but I guess the parent commenter might think it's relatively high.

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