Latest Mozilla VPN features

Post by edm0nd » Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 5:29 PM UTC

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #71

kibwen wrote: post #62

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You're correct that scummy, overselling advertisements make the whole VPN industry look bad, but Mozilla's VPN is provided by Mullvad, who doesn't engage in those sorts of advertisements. FWIW, I've looked into Mullvad and even had beers with some of their programmers (all of whom appeared to be Scandinavian anarchist/anti-authoritarian types) and I think Mozilla made an good choice with that partnership. (Of course,…

Mullvad is the bees knees. The cats meow.

Post by karmickoala » Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 5:30 PM UTC

lucideer wrote: post #90

Fergusonb wrote: post #78

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If you're using mullvad you have likely already done a lot of research on which provider you want to use. A lot of consumers are interested in a quality VPN but wouldn't do this kind of research. Mozilla provide additional eyeballs and billing support, and mullvad provides the service itself. It's a mutually beneficial transaction. They're not in competition for your money, they're targeting different demographics.

> they're targeting different demographics This is the question though: who are these demographics? I know Mozilla likely have a lot more data on this than I, but who is using Firefox / interested enough in Mozilla to read their marketing & research their VPN offerings, but is simultaneously not someone who would research VPN providers in general / use Mullvad? What is this techie/non-techie interested/not-interested…

Post by jraph » Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 5:40 PM UTC

acatton wrote: post #74

I genuinely don't understand what is the incentive for using Mozilla VPN? I'm a Mozilla and Firefox fanboy, but this new product had me sceptical since the beginning. They literally bring nothing to the table except their brand name. They don't even do the server side, but just resell Mullvad's infrastructure with their brand. I'm already a Mullvad customer, and if I were to switch to Mozilla VPN: * It would not be a…

Post by CharlesW » Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 5:42 PM UTC

kyawzazaw wrote: post #108

Fergusonb wrote: post #78

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If you're using mullvad you have likely already done a lot of research on which provider you want to use. A lot of consumers are interested in a quality VPN but wouldn't do this kind of research. Mozilla provide additional eyeballs and billing support, and mullvad provides the service itself. It's a mutually beneficial transaction. They're not in competition for your money, they're targeting different demographics.

> A lot of consumers are interested in a quality VPN but wouldn't do this kind of research. In that case, they will probably use NordVPN or ProtonVPN

Post by f6v » Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 5:46 PM UTC

edm0nd wrote: post #112

f6v wrote: post #105

From their website: > No logging of your network activity Does it mean I can torrent whatever I want? I mean, if there's a copyright notice, how're they going to know it was me?

Just use a private tracker site. Copyright and DMCA notices are a thing of the past if you are using private torrent groups and trackers.