Originally Posted by
WasKnown
They’re saying for use in China lol (using HK servers). For a long time ExpressVPN was the defacto VPN for China. Today all off the shelf options will have some level of reliability issues. The ones that work best are usually a little sketchy so you need to feel comfortable trusting them with all of your internet data. Best option is to set up your own bespoke VPN server. This is cheaper in the long run, more reliable, more private, and more secure.
Originally Posted by
WasKnown
It is not a recommendation for a short-term tourist. Of course they would be better off using an off the shelf VPN lol.
Best option for who then? The OP you replied to is clearly a short-term tourist. They might’ve looked into building VPN servers, wasting a bunch of time and getting nowhere.
Originally Posted by
WasKnown
The Chinese gov will actually sanction many bespoke VPNs for many reasonably sized businesses.
All I can say is they went the cheap route.