• whereyaaat@lemmings.worldBanned
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    11 days ago

    Why is mullvad shilled so hard?

    It looks like it’s more expensive than other VPNs with no justifiable reason. It even has less features than some of the cheaper VPNs.

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          11 days ago

          They never do any sponsorship deals, they haven’t been in any controversies, they aren’t based in the us, they don’t use any marketing tricks to try and entice users into using it like discounts or insanely high prices unless you elect for a 12 or 24 month plan, the high price gives them less incentive to log user data.

          There is no specific reason but all these things add up to make a trustworthy product.

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            11 days ago

            Again, none of that is special.

            the high price gives them less incentive to log user data.

            Do you people really believe this? Holy shit.

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              10 days ago

              Do you people really believe this? Holy shit.

              I agree it’s not a great reason but they pile up (the reasons). As well as my previous reasons they also offer significantly more payment methods than many other options, including monero and even cash.

              They are also not based inside the 5 eyes.

              Oh and they offer completely anonymous account creation. I have not found a single VPN that does this, every other VPN at least requires a e-mail address.

              If you think mullvad is nothing special then I challenge you to find another VPN that offers all of the reasons I have specified.

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                10 days ago

                Thanks. Taking monero and not being in the 5 eyes are both good selling points that can set it apart from other VPNs.

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              10 days ago

              Feel free to launch a competitor that charges less for better service. Let us know when you sell it to Peter Thiel too.

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                Why do I need to? They already exist. I’m not complaining that there aren’t alternatives.

                You’re just being a moron who can’t tolerate criticism of what you’ve been suckered into buying.

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    11 days ago

    PEBCAK, too much Fakebook and the lack of common sense. For the rest of 10% maybe enough an VPN and updated devices.

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    12 days ago

    Thank you! If you want to take your Mulvad game to the next level then add NextDNS to its custom DNS option in Mulvad’s settings.