Firefox partners with ProtonVPN

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Post by spac » Wed, Dec 05, 2018, 1:39 PM UTC

Firefox partners with ProtonVPN
premium.firefox.com

Re: Firefox partners with ProtonVPN

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Post by threatofrain » Wed, Dec 05, 2018, 2:14 PM UTC

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2. Also, is ProtonVPN such a stronger contender than the rest of the field that Mozilla would endorse them?

3. And what is Mozilla's final relationship between you and ProtonVPN? Why are they relevant as a middleman?

Re: Firefox partners with ProtonVPN

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Post by 4aceb14e » Wed, Dec 05, 2018, 2:20 PM UTC

I feel Firefox could be quite a bit more attractive, if it did less. I don't want my browser integrated with one particular VPN. I don't want Pocket on by default and hard to get rid of.

Re: Firefox partners with ProtonVPN

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Post by kgwxd » Wed, Dec 05, 2018, 2:30 PM UTC

I assume this still works at the network level and not the browser level? If so, the association with Firefox is just confusing things. If not, it's dumb.

Re: Firefox partners with ProtonVPN

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Post by threatofrain » Wed, Dec 05, 2018, 2:32 PM UTC

4aceb14e wrote: post #3

I feel Firefox could be quite a bit more attractive, if it did less. I don't want my browser integrated with one particular VPN. I don't want Pocket on by default and hard to get rid of.

I also agree that Firefox needs to work on beautification and marketing.

But I'm happy Firefox did Pocket because I view that as a cross-platform readability and bookmark strategy that other companies makeup for through their platform. Even if Pocket ultimately folds, I'd want Mozilla to do something else in that place. Like if Mozilla knows that iOS users by wide margins use Safari, how are they supposed to get their bookmarks to them?

Re: Firefox partners with ProtonVPN

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Post by tenryuu » Wed, Dec 05, 2018, 2:32 PM UTC

Links to the homepage for me, is this article region specific?

Re: Firefox partners with ProtonVPN

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Post by snek » Wed, Dec 05, 2018, 2:34 PM UTC

4aceb14e wrote: post #3

I feel Firefox could be quite a bit more attractive, if it did less. I don't want my browser integrated with one particular VPN. I don't want Pocket on by default and hard to get rid of.

damned if they do, damned if they don't

Re: Firefox partners with ProtonVPN

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Post by cift » Wed, Dec 05, 2018, 2:35 PM UTC

Did they take the page down? I'm getting redirected to the Firefox homepage

Re: Firefox partners with ProtonVPN

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Post by cift » Wed, Dec 05, 2018, 2:39 PM UTC

tenryuu wrote: post #6

Links to the homepage for me, is this article region specific?

Searching around turned up this blog post, looks like it's US only https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/10/22/testing-n...

Re: Firefox partners with ProtonVPN

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Post by Yoric » Wed, Dec 05, 2018, 2:51 PM UTC

4aceb14e wrote: post #3

I feel Firefox could be quite a bit more attractive, if it did less. I don't want my browser integrated with one particular VPN. I don't want Pocket on by default and hard to get rid of.

Have you tried Firefox Lite? (Android only, I believe)