I've been using the ssh -C -D 8080 -fN user@server.tld for years now, no VPS needed if you use a free shell account. Free != lazy Also, lazy people dislike ha

I've been using the ssh -C -D 8080 -fN user@server.tld for years now, no VPS needed if you use a free shell account. Free != lazy Also, lazy people dislike having to manually configure their web clients.