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Shutting down our public encrypted DNS servers and sponsoring Quad9 instead | Mullvad VPN
mullvad.net/en/blog/shutting-down-our-public-encrypted-dns-servers-and-sponsoring-quad9-instead
Replying to @hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works
Can someone catch me up, I thought people liked Mullvad… but this thread seems to suggest otherwise. What did I miss?
Replying to @CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
My understanding is one of mullvads primary owners and creators donates a significant portion of their country’s far right party’s annual budget. Their policies, last I checked, included things like remigration or the forced expulsion of citizens based off of arbitrary and immutable characteristics (think bloodline or skin color). They’re akin to the AfD or Republicans. Theoretically a meaningful % of money spent on Mullvad goes to a person actively trying to make the world worse, like Elon Musk or JK Rowling.
So some people, including me, stopped supporting mullvad until the person is completely financially and influentially disconnected from the company.
Replying to @gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world
Appreciate the explanation. What’s the generally trusted/suggested VPN then?
Replying to @CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
IVPN, AirVPN, and Proton all fairly popular here. One of Proton’s higher-ups is a Trump supporter though
Replying to @CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
As another user said, IVPN or airvpn were the ones that came up in my last search. I have removed proton for them having the same trump supporting tech bros problem.
Replying to @CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
There isn’t a comparable service.
If you don’t need what mullvad is selling then there are others out there but the landscape is hard to navigate if you don’t understand what you’re there for and how to choose what you give out.
Replying to @gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world
Yeah, but what have immigrants done for us?!
Performed menial, back-breaking labor at rates well below the legal minimums? Contribute to our economy and society while being treated as absolute garbage? Seek out a better life while being spit on by those around them? Have a lower property and violent crime rate than the general public while being multiple times more likely to be a victim of a crime?
Wait, why am I supposed to hate them again?