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		chmars on Jan 4, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are free proxies free? (2013) ZenMate (https://zenmate.com/) is a popular German proxy service – and it's free … cui bono?

nonninz on Jan 4, 2015 [–]

Well ZenMate is a VERY well funded startup offering a freemium service.

While their desktop proxy service is free, they also offer a premium account for their VPN services for mobile.

See: http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/01/zenmate/

chmars on Jan 7, 2015 | [–]

The _plan_ to offer a premium account:

https://zenmate.com/pricing/

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