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there was an article today about the entire mullvad company being blindsided by this and a lot of people being upset. with any luck the guy will leave or get thrown out.
also i think they're technically nazbols.
Isn't he the founder?
Cofounder, and 50% owner. For him to get kicked out would take a lot.
he could be a rational human about it and see that it's bad for the brand. considering he was willing to work with a guy that actively dislikes what he did he may have a few braincells left.
That kinda seems unlikely to me. I'm certain that he's aware that supporting ethnic cleansing (albeit not overtly violent) is not compatible with having customers.
they don't tend to see it like that from my experience. but yeah the chance is slim.
I think "would take a lot" might be understating it.
It's likely he'd have to be bought out by the other guy with an attractive offer.
co-. the other founder is pretty pissed.
This is the only reason for why I haven't demanded a refund of my remaining balance yet. I'm holding out for a dismissal or something.
Demanding a refund could add to the pressure though, you could always renew after he (hopefully) goes. I can't get a refund since mine has just run out but I'm not making any long-term decisions until the dust has settled.
I totally agree! It's just that I have two routers setup with them, running 24/7, and I have configured mom's devices with my account and I don't have the time to reconfigure all this with something else at the moment. 😩
Is there other option?
There are many options. It's important to do some research on these options. It's also important to know why you want to choose a certain provider. Check their Terms of Service and Privacy Policy at the very least. For now, I'm looking into IVPN.
what's a nazbol?
National Bolsheviks, in essence merging nazism with communism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bolshevism
Nazism+
what an awful idea
Like this?
Yes! Alternatively you can just put an Z there too, same meaning.
A Nazi, basically.
It stands for "national bolshevism," so tankies minus the leftism, which... yeah.
national bolsheviks. basically ultranationalist tankies.
This is likely true, but in the hacker news thread about this, the non Nazi cofounder was pretty defensive about what a great guy he was, and that there was just no way that him being a Nazi could ever effect Mullvad itself:
Here's one example, but these linked thread has more excuses hes made:
kfreds 1 day ago | root | parent | next [–]
https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=kfreds
That level of denial feels custom made for them to give him a pass and keep him onboard.
when you've known someone personally for that long you're bound to get defensive, i think. and the question is worth considering; why?
have they released an official statement about it?
not that i can find.
they released this: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/i-don-t-like-that-he-made-this-donation-mullvad-ceo-reacts-to-co-founder-s-donation-to-controversial-swedish-populist-party/ar-AA26OCxC
Link to the article?
from the same paper that did the original reporting. swedish and paywalled unfortunately, but the first few paragraphs are readable.