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[โ€“] maam@feddit.uk 224 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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€“] dr-robot@fedia.io 55 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] maam@feddit.uk 40 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Sadly it does not have independent audits.

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[โ€“] Shameless@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 46 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month 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€“] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

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

[โ€“] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 41 points 1 month ago

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

[โ€“] sp3ctre@feddit.org 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] sp3ctre@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago

Nice to hear that!

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

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

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[โ€“] B0rax@feddit.org 22 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Never heard of ivpn, is it comparable to Mullvad?

[โ€“] Babalugats@feddit.uk 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Never heard of this site but this is perfect for what I've been looking for to switch providers, thanks!!

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[โ€“] heliotrope@retrofed.com 12 points 1 month 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.

[โ€“] maam@feddit.uk 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

IVPN offers a warrant canary and is situated in Gibraltar and the territory has their own variant of GDPR.

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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€“] ennof@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Proton VPN also exists. Swiss, though.

[โ€“] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

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

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

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

The flag carrier of, uh, port forwarding lol

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