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Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 per month

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Re: Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 per month

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> its virtual private network (VPN) it's not theirs, it's mullvad ones https://mullvad.net/en/help/partnerships-and-resellers/

True, though the mozilla client is their own, and seems to be somewhat customized, like using only wireguard.

Re: Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 per month

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> its virtual private network (VPN) it's not theirs, it's mullvad ones https://mullvad.net/en/help/partnerships-and-resellers/

True, though the mozilla client is their own, and seems to be somewhat customized, like using only wireguard.

they can reskin what they want, the press still spread an incorrect information

Re: Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 per month

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

True, though the mozilla client is their own, and seems to be somewhat customized, like using only wireguard.

they can reskin what they want, the press still spread an incorrect information

Is Brave (and similar browsers) not their own browsers because the rendering engine is the same as what others use? Similarly, was Chrome not Google's browser when they were using Webkit?

Re: Mozilla bundles its VPN and email relay services for $7 per month

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It'd be interesting if Mozilla offered a iCloud-like solution. Obviously, they wouldn't have the tight integration compared to Apple on mobile or desktop. They'd also need a really compelling use case that Apple can't offer.

If you compete with iCloud and Google you'll always be a niche player.

But I think if a brand name like Mozilla would offer a standards based "internet suite" (think: mail and notes over IMAP, file cloud over WebDAV, calendars and todo's over CalDAV, VPN over WireGuard etc. so basically your online stuff without the proprietary device-locked walled garden implementation) it could become at least a sustainable business for people who:

- Care about not being locked in

- Do not want the hassle of self hosting

- Feel less comfortable about using a non-brandname NextCloud provider

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