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September 29th, 2011, 04:49 PM
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Hotspot now shields you ad-free
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September 29th, 2011, 04:55 PM
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Re: Hotspot now shields you ad-free
Last time i checked it wasn't working for me
maybe my country Blocked it or something using instead Layerd protection Ultrasurf + tor Duble encryption
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September 29th, 2011, 05:04 PM
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same here .... on other hand, expat shield working very well so far u sure we dont live in the same country  PS : Hotspot Shield Elite Runs 100% Faster
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September 30th, 2011, 01:23 AM
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Interesting, how do they make money off of free users now?
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September 30th, 2011, 06:22 AM
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ad-free and high speed for elite version i guess which means u have to pay money for free users ....i guess nothing changed 
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September 30th, 2011, 11:34 AM
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The free product still serves up ads. The new "Elite" product is $45/year subscription which is affordable. Until recently I was using Witopia and paying $60/year. I only use Hotspot Shield when I connect at places like Starbucks. The open WiFi there is not very fast and I don't notice a slowdown with the free product. Has anyone had a look at the EULA for Elite? I wonder if they're still data mining as they do with the free version? Edit 1: I could not find a statement on the website regarding privacy for the Elite product. Edit 2: Sent email to Anchorfree asking if they "aggregate data" in their Elite product in the same way they do with the free product. We'll see if I get an answer.
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September 30th, 2011, 07:19 PM
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Re: Hotspot now shields you ad-free
The title at CNET is quite misleading, it should probably read "HotSpot launches paid for ad-free version", but that would get less people to click on the article, journalists just love big headlines, ad-free after you have paid to get rid of the adverts it isn't like breaking ground stuff.
There are already VPNs at $5/month that have been around for a long time, all HotSpot Shield has is a huge number (millions according to them) of free users, it will probably work out for them with just a tiny percentage of upgrades to paid for users, I think it is a smart move for the company, but nothing special for the users, nothing you can not get elsewhere, HotSpot Shield elite service is still offering a single location (USA) when most VPNs, even small ones, have at least a couple of IP geolocations.
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