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Why does every VPN need to rewrite their own client?
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this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2026
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The client is packaged and sold with the VPN subscription to "add value". People like you and I understand that VPN clients are pretty simple places of software, but most VPN customers, well... you know
I have a custom work VPN that looks like it came from the 90s. Just a simple button, a few options like reconnect.
My home VPN which I pay a subscription for, the UI looks like how the hacker movie UIs look like. There's a global map with all the servers. There's different modes. It's nuts.