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Just installed grapheneos last week and saw IVPN in the Accrescent store. Seemed interesting as I am running low on mullvad time. What a fun synchronicity

[โ€“] maam@feddit.uk 222 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Mullvad co-founder Daniel Berntason donated 452k euros to the fascist ร–rebro Party in Sweden which made up 72% of the party's total funding in 2025. This political party wants to deport non-white citizens and immigrants guised under the white nationalist euphemism "remigration"

[โ€“] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 40 points 3 days ago

Feels like you canโ€™t turn over any rocks these days without seeing fascists scuttle off back into the darkness.

[โ€“] ugo@feddit.it 51 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My mullvad subscription was up for renewal yesterday. Guess who gave 80$ to ivpn instead.

[โ€“] maam@feddit.uk 12 points 3 days ago

People on that Little Rock are gonna be stoked!

[โ€“] dr-robot@fedia.io 55 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Use AirVPN. It's activist led from the start.

[โ€“] maam@feddit.uk 40 points 3 days ago (11 children)

Sadly it does not have independent audits.

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[โ€“] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

and it does not allow italian users because of Piracy Shield

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[โ€“] Shameless@lemmy.world 46 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Oh this is so disappointing! Now I have to find a new provider ๐Ÿ˜’

[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

ProtonVPN is really good, just FYI (no they are not supporting MAGA, common let that lie die).

[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 46 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I have read so much into Mullvad thinking that I did my due research however companies can hide their skeletons pretty well before they surface.

[โ€“] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

I'm an AirVPN shill cuz I like their service, but if you take a look and like it too, you will save a bit of money compared to mullvad :)

[โ€“] sp3ctre@feddit.org 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Someone in a privacy sub mentioned to me, that a refund may be possible, if you are uncomfortable with this situation. Did not try it by myself, but I probably will in the next days.

https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/116822246786533774

Edit: Got my refund.

[โ€“] BobChorba@piefed.blahaj.zone 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

it worked for me, they refunded me the remaining days in my subscription without problems.

[โ€“] Teilzeitlaurer@piefed.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Which payment method had you used? They donโ€™t offer refunds for all of them according to this support page

[โ€“] BobChorba@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I used credit card, sorry didn't mention that.

No need to apologise. Thanks for answering :)

[โ€“] sp3ctre@feddit.org 7 points 3 days ago

Nice to hear that!

[โ€“] mlg@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The flag carrier of, uh, port forwarding lol

But aren't they headquartered in the US?

[โ€“] B0rax@feddit.org 22 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Never heard of ivpn, is it comparable to Mullvad?

[โ€“] Babalugats@feddit.uk 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

iVPN and Mullvad are usually the two go-to mentions when somebody asks "what is the best VPN?".

There are many comparison reviews and sometimes there are one or two others thrown into the mix, most common one I've seen is protonvpn, but others may have seen different

Another comparison review

[โ€“] maam@feddit.uk 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] heliotrope@retrofed.com 12 points 3 days ago

I'd say so, yes. The main differences are that the pricing is a little different ($6 per month, rather than โ‚ฌ5), the service is based in Gibraltar (a non-UK British Overseas Territory), and it doesn't offer as many anti-censorship features (just V2Ray over TCP or over QUIC).

Personally, I like it.

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[โ€“] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Friendship ended with.. wait,were did VPN Area go?

Aw fuck. He died while I wasn't looking.

[โ€“] ennof@feddit.org 7 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Proton VPN also exists. Swiss, though.

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