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Mullvad on the Donation Controversy (www.mullvad.net)

submitted 5 days ago by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Weslee@lemmy.world 33 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

They try to distance themselves from it as much as they can, but at the end of the day he is using money he obtained from Mullvad (us) in ways some people don't like.

The only true way to stop it is for the CEO to leave the company and sell all shares and stakes...

Or to simply stop giving Mullvad money, which is what I've done. There are plenty other privacy focused vpns that don't have this issue.

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Are they trying to disrtance themselves, though?

Mullvad does not condone it, nor condemn it. It most likely was a bad idea; most things where there are a multitude of conflicting opinions necessarily are. But societies need a great diversity of ideas, initiatives and organizations who can be tested and sifted until the best ones remain.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 days ago

But societies need a great diversity of ideas, initiatives and organizations who can be tested and sifted until the best ones remain.

need? At what point does a society NEED to test racism to see if it should remain?

When will these societies decide that they tested it long enough?

[–] Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 days ago

What VPN would you recommend which outs privacy first but also has good enough speed and ping to use as daily driver for HD videos and casual gaming?

[–] eremophila@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago

There are definitely not plenty of them.