> Your machine runs a little slower, your bandwidth gets a little thinner, and someone halfway around the world is routing traffic through your home IP.
I wish in 2026 the default on new computers (Windows + Mac) was not only "inbound firewall on by default" but also outbound and users having to manually select what is allowed.
I know it is possible, it's just not the default and more of a "power user" thing at the moment. You have to know about it basically.
I always wondered this, is this true/does the math come out to be really that bad? 6x?
Is the writing on the wall for $100-$200/mo users that, it's basically known-subsidized for now and $400/mo+ is coming sooner than we think?
Are they getting us all hooked and then going to raise it in the future, or will inference prices go down to offset?