That does not explain why so many residential VPNs operate with so many IPs in countries where there are no social media bans. Here in France:
reply- i know many people who buy shady IPTV boxes from stores/markets for like 50€/year
- i know some people who use "smart lightbulbs" and other nonsense
- almost everyone i know plays free smartphone games, which as LWN reminded, may contain a shady SDK