You may be wondering why you should pay for a VPN service when there are thousands of free VPNs online. This article examines everything you should consider before downloading free products or paying for premium services.
Let’s start with understanding what VPN is. VPN, Virtual Private Network (VPN), was a virtual private network created to protect your internet data history from your Internet Service Provider or third party trackers. Because your Internet Service Provider can see, record, and store what you are doing on the web, you use VPN to hide from their watch. It’s like going through a secret underground tunnel. You go in the tunnel and go out to the website you want to visit and come back out the tunnel when you’re done. Your ISP won’t have a clue about what you did.
Here’s a catch, however, you have to crawl to use the tunnel, making your internet experience super slow. What’s worse is that you sometimes have lines of people in the tunnel. This tunnel isn’t really compatible with the modern-day website so the tunnel may not be connected to the website you want to visit. VPN providers need to invest a lot of money to make the tunnel big and well-connected to websites. We can assume that they need to charge users $13.99+ a month to prevent users from having a slow, unhappy experience that doesn’t even let them use the internet.
We just discovered that VPN providers need to invest a lot of money to provide a fast, protected, and accessible internet experience to people. That’s why they charge $13.99 per month to cover those crazy maintenance expenses. Then how could there be free VPNs?
The answer is simple. 1) They don’t invest a lot of money to maintain high-quality VPN service. 2) They make money through other means. The first reason is that you rarely get a fast internet experience through free VPNs. You may get fast internet when there are no lines in the tunnels. That’s why on the App Store or Google Play you see lots of reviews of people praising that the free VPN is fast but also the reviews saying it’s super slow. It’s just the people who started using the VPN at the beginning where there are no lines and the others who used it after it gained some popularity. You might be able to enjoy a fast internet experience with free VPNs as long as you always switch to the latest one. It’s a lot of work, but hey it’s free, right?
Before you do that, however, make sure you examine the second reason - how free VPNs make money through other means. The classic way is by putting advertisements on its software. Whenever you log in to a free VPN application either on mobile or desktop, you will see advertisements on the screen. It sometimes takes one step forward by having you wait for 5 to 30 seconds before you get to use the Internet with a VPN. Both are a bit annoying, but we’re used to it now, right?
Here comes the catch. If you are ok with random people spying on you, creating a digital profile of you, and using that information to sell you more stuff online, you can use free VPNs with no problem. If you are not ok, however, you should avoid using free VPNs. Because VPN requires a lot of maintenance fees, the providers need additional revenue on top of advertising revenue. They track, record, and sell your internet history to other people. A CSIRO study in 2016, revealed that more than 75% of free VPNs had some form of tracker enabled on their app. On top of this creepiness, there’s more. When you search risks of using free VPNs on google, there are millions of articles that explain it but here’s a good article for those interested in learning more.
If you’ve read this far, the biggest question you have will be “then why does DEEP SAND only charge $2.99 per month? Is it not fast enough? Is it not functional compared to other premium VPNs? Is it doing anything to earn additional revenue like free VPNs?” These are all good questions. Again, the answer is pretty simple: Technology.
Remember that traditional VPNs need to spend a lot of money on maintenance for fast, secure, accessible internet? Yes, they use a technology that is not compatible with modern-day internet technology. In fact, the technology’s more than 20 years old. This is the opposite for DEEP SAND Black. It uses the latest VPN technology that’s compatible with modern-day websites. It removes unnecessary steps and components allowing DEEP SAND to provide the same high-quality internet experience for more than half the cost. You can read more about the technological difference here.
Enjoy fast, secure, and accessible internet for only $2.99 a month. Protect yourself from getting tracked, access websites that are blocked for whatever reasons, and access worldwide services not yet available in your country. Unleash your superpower.
3 steps to unleash your superpower:
1. Create an account with an email and password (or you can easily sign-in with Google)
2. Select a plan (1-month basic - $2.99, click to see other options)
3. Download DEEP SAND Black
Enjoy the ultimate Internet experience for the lowest price. See what the latest technology can do for you. If you have any questions, please reach out to us.