Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, are popular services for (supposedly) increasing your security and privacy on the internet. They are often marketed as all-encompassing security tools, and something that you absolutely need to keep hackers at bay. However, many of the selling points for VPNs are exaggerated or just outright
  • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I was simply adding information your comment had left out, it wasn’t negating information at all. So congrats on getting the point, not everyone is trying to argue 🎉

    • mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
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      6 months ago

      You may want to reconsider your phrasing then if you don’t want it to appear to be argumentative.

      • ConstableJelly@beehaw.org
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        6 months ago

        Neutral party here, I read it naturally as a supplement to your comment, not an opposition. I don’t detect an argumentative tone personally.

        • mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
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          6 months ago

          You’re welcome to your opinion but these phrases

          I feel like the opening sentences explained the reasoning behind the article sufficiently,

          They’re not the only ones pointing this out, either.

          are oppositional in tone.

            • mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
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              6 months ago

              I didn’t ask you. I didn’t ask the other neutral guy either. Not my issue that you have a problem with me suggesting the original respondent check his phrasing to make his intention clear, or pointing out the specific phrases that make it unclear.

              • cygnus@lemmy.ca
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                6 months ago

                “Everybody on this highway is driving in the wrong lane! What a bunch of idiots!”