VPNs have long been essential online tools that provide security, freedom, and most importantly, privacy.
Google knows this and products like ProtonVPN have long been a threat to Google’s business model because they stand for something completely different. Proton believes everyone should have access to privacy, security, and freedom, whereas Google VPN is a thinly disguised attempt to keep control over user data.
Read ProtonVPN’s Andy Yen’s revealing article on this subject:
https://protonvpn.com/blog/google-vpn/