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There are a couple of reasons:

* If you need to change your location (country) often, the apps usually have a dropdown where you select the country you wish to connect to

* It's easier to setup, especially for novice users

* They can have additional features, like a kill switch that makes sure that if the VPN connection drops you don't send any traffic over your non-VPN connection



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