Google One VPN is shutting down, but there’s already a better alternative

Considering the state of the internet today, I think having a premium VPN app on your devices should be as big a priority as creating unique passwords for each web property and saving them into a premium password manager app. A virtual private network will anonymize your internet traffic, protecting your IP address and preventing tracking. That's great for privacy and for securing internet traffic while using an untrusted Wi-Fi connection. A good VPN service will also let you access local websites for regions where you don't actually live. Similarly, it'll let you access your favorite streaming service's library from your home market when traveling abroad.

For all those reasons, I always enable a VPN app on my Mac and iPhone, and I happily pay a subscription for a trusted option.

If Google's VPN service via Google One were my VPN of choice, I'd be a very disappointed customer right now. Google just announced that the VPN service will be discontinued for the majority of Google One cloud storage subscribers.

As a result, Google will direct users to other alternatives, but you don't have to wait. I already have a suggestion for you: DuckDuckGo's new Privacy Pro subscription offers a private and secure VPN app along with two other services you'll hopefully never need.

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