VPN
topic on 4 shows · 7 statements across 7 episodes
American Optimist 
the a16z Podcast 
All-In 
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7 statements about VPN, every show
Coogan: VPNs are un-fundable due to massive marketing costs
“It's not VPNs are not suitable for venture backing. Typically it's all marketing. That's the entire expense is just getting people install the VPN.”
Hudson breaks down unit economics driving VPN sponsorships on YouTube
“The reason for it is one, it's pretty high recurring revenue, high LTV product. So like you can afford to do marketing spend for a product like that. The second piece is the YouTube audience is like two third international. And so it's an efficient way to reac…”
Hays: Banning software products and networks will never work due to workarounds
“You just get a VPN and like, there's always going to be a workaround. So trying to ban software products, even networks is just never going to work.”
VPN Businesses Have Extremely High Margins and Compete Purely on Marketing
“You want to sell something that's differentiated only on the marketing. It's already big on YouTube. Every ad is for VPNs, extremely high margin, extremely low churn.”
Pahlavi: Information cannot truly be censored when VPN access exists
“Today, you can get your information instantaneously, And nothing can truly be censored as long as you can connect to the VPN and send a message out or receive a message.”
Sacks: RESTRICT Act allows $1M fine and 20-year prison terms for VPN TikTok access
“What the act provides is that a US citizen using a VPN to access TikTok could theoretically be subjected to a maximum penalty of one million in fines or 20 years in prison or both.”
Daneshwar: Iranians routinely use VPNs to access blocked social media platforms
“Facebook advertisement is closed for Iranians, like Google AdWords as well, but the fact that people here are having the full access to Twitter, to Facebook, and Facebook is blocked by the government as well, but we are going through the VPNs, so everybody is …”