Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, are popular services for (supposedly) increasing your security and privacy on the internet. They are often marketed as all-encompassing security tools, and something that you absolutely need to keep hackers at bay. However, many of the selling points for VPNs are exaggerated or just outright
  • mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
    15·
    10 months ago

    Your comment in no way negates my observation. If the clickbait title of the article was “You probably don’t need a VPN to avoid market tracking” or something similar, you’d have a point.

    • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
      23·
      10 months ago

      I was simply adding information your comment had left out, it wasn’t negating information at all. So congrats on getting the point, not everyone is trying to argue 🎉

      • mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        You may want to reconsider your phrasing then if you don’t want it to appear to be argumentative.

        • ConstableJelly@beehaw.org
          24·
          10 months ago

          Neutral party here, I read it naturally as a supplement to your comment, not an opposition. I don’t detect an argumentative tone personally.

          • mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            You’re welcome to your opinion but these phrases

            I feel like the opening sentences explained the reasoning behind the article sufficiently,

            They’re not the only ones pointing this out, either.

            are oppositional in tone.

              • mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
                1·
                10 months ago

                I didn’t ask you. I didn’t ask the other neutral guy either. Not my issue that you have a problem with me suggesting the original respondent check his phrasing to make his intention clear, or pointing out the specific phrases that make it unclear.

                • cygnus@lemmy.ca
                  6·
                  10 months ago

                  “Everybody on this highway is driving in the wrong lane! What a bunch of idiots!”

                  • mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
                    1·
                    10 months ago

                    The only reason this continues is because you morons insist on it. I stand by my feedback to the person who responded to me, whether you like it or not. Get over it, you’re not going to harass me into changing my mind about it.

                    The funny part is I wasn’t picking a fight, that’s what you douchebags are doing with the ongoing commentary. For me this would have been done and forgotten about already.