Ok so they do advertise, good to know thanks
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bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
They advertise aggressively through YouTubers/streamers. A lot of mushy brained people probably download it once just to see what their favourite e-girl is on about. Then once they realize it’s not providing them any tangible value they don’t use it, but probably leave it installed since nobody ever uninstalls apps from their phone.
Sunny@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Well IDK because I use ad block and sponsor block for everything, but all the big VPNs do
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 5 months ago
I’ve seen plenty of ads for nord, this is the first I’m hearing of turbo
Woozythebear@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Why you targeting “E-girls” specifically?
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
That was just a bit of humour. I just mean in general whatever streamer or YouTuber someone might be watching, they are probably getting paid the VPN bucks.
Woozythebear@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Maybe leave out the E-girl thing next time, no need to single them out. Maybe it was an attempt at humor, but hating on E-girls is really popular among incels and your comment sounds a lot like the stuff they say.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
I wasn’t hating on e-girls, I was goofing on the simps that idolize them, to the point of downloading a VPN app because their gamer girl parasocial gf was paid to tell them to.
Maybe don’t go around assuming everyone is an Incel unless they announce otherwise.
Should I also announce all of my political positions to you, just so you can be sure you don’t need to downvote me?
MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
And you don’t get to police people’s opinions
520@kbin.social 5 months ago
It's not specific to e-girls. Can be twitch streamers, bloggers, etc
nonailsleft@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Because of the implication