if they're on a VPN, it doesn't matter if their ISP looks into it. and with the plethora of streaming apps out there today, it's uncommon if a customer isn't downloading dozens of GB of data every day. just a single movie on netflix is several GB right there, and if you're the sort of person who is bingwatching shows, you're going through dozens, maybe even a hundred or more gigabytes daily if you're a real couch potato.

and if your ISP did care enough to investigate why you were using a VPN, all you would have to do it tell them you're watching netflix and there's nothing they can do to prove otherwise unless your VPN is shit and is leaking your DNS.

[–] Nyticus@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 15 hours ago

It kind of does matter. If you're hot-swapping in and out nearly all of the time for this and that, that is considered suspicious activity. If you knew a single thing about how networking works, they can see just about anything. Where you went, the unencrypted data that is sent and received and vice versa. They may not know exactly the file you downloaded or the page specifically you're at, but they can put two and two together if they think your activity lines up with the data it is coming from and to.

And once again, I have said, if you read at all, downloading gigs and gigs in a single day. You're bringing up streaming which is something they'd know and expect by now, so of course it's not going to bring attention. They also are aware that VPNs are advertised so much that they probably expect you to hop around to stream something you can't normally.

They're not going to directly ask you why you're using a VPN, they're more than likely going to ask you why are you using so much data up on X date and Y date? And then they could ask you what purpose did you have visiting this site at those dates too.

My point is about the amount of consumption you put into downloading many files, they don't give a damn about your streaming habits since they know very well we've been in the age of streaming for a while now.