• darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    ELI5: Why would a VPN provider ever need to have their own app? They don’t have their own VPN technology, do they?

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      2 months ago

      OP already answered, but it boils down to user friendliness for beginners.

      All VPN providers I used also allow you to download a .opvn file if you just want to start a client with the config file from the CLI, but for non-techies it’s a no-go.