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The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by nananana9 »

daneel_w wrote: post #315

To the people using Mullvad I have two sincere and unpopular questions: do you actively scrutinize and examine the key people of every service and product you use, or is it just a reflexive change of footing whenever you happen upon news like this? Also, do you really switch , or is it just a heat of moment kind of thing and an opportunity to profess yourself?

> do you actively scrutinize and examine the key people of every service and product you use

No.

> is it just a reflexive change of footing whenever you happen upon news like this

Yes.

> do you really switch

Yes.

What is the implication here? That because I did not know that a percentage of the money I give a company went towards supporting a party whose I that I find disgusting, I should keep supporting them now that I do know?

Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by Pr0ject217 »

kfreds wrote: post #118

Hi, Mullvad has two owners, founders, and CEOs - Daniel Berntsson, and me, Fredrik Strömberg. All posts I've seen yesterday and today, including the newspaper articles, talk about Mullvad as if Daniel is the single owner, founder and CEO. It should be obvious that Daniel's private donation to a political party is not part of Mullvad's values or mission. If you have any questions, comments or concerns you're welcome t…

Thanks for supporting civil liberties.

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Post by winstonwinston »

ai_slop_hater wrote: post #299

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When it is about paying money for a commercial service I think it is valid point to vote with your wallet. Otherwise if it was a free service, it would not really matter as the whole VPN provider industry is dubious and comes down to the same tech stack and outcome.

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Post by newtonianrules »

al_borland wrote: post #390
guerrilla wrote: post #374

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Nationalist, sure. That's pretty far-right by itself. The fact that they want mass deportations should solidify it for you though.

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You can protect your “culture” without deporting all non-White people. If your culture can’t be protected without that, maybe that culture doesn’t need protecting.

Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by miyoji »

kfreds wrote: post #118

Hi, Mullvad has two owners, founders, and CEOs - Daniel Berntsson, and me, Fredrik Strömberg. All posts I've seen yesterday and today, including the newspaper articles, talk about Mullvad as if Daniel is the single owner, founder and CEO. It should be obvious that Daniel's private donation to a political party is not part of Mullvad's values or mission. If you have any questions, comments or concerns you're welcome t…

> It should be obvious that Daniel's private donation to a political party is not part of Mullvad's values or mission.

No, in fact, the opposite of this is obvious.

Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by newtonianrules »

Insanity wrote: post #371
devindotcom wrote: post #297

I understand Mullvad has historically been a leader in privacy among the big VPN options. What are some other equally affordable and user friendly options that you all have been satisfied with? Think for someone who saw Mullvad advertised during the Super Bowl but looking to leave because of this news.

I haven’t used Mullvad, so can’t say how it compares to ProtonVPN but I’m happy with Proton. It is super easy to set up, even on Linux and iOS devices.

Does Proton keep logs? I’ve heard good things.

Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by [deleted] »

kfreds wrote: post #118

Hi, Mullvad has two owners, founders, and CEOs - Daniel Berntsson, and me, Fredrik Strömberg. All posts I've seen yesterday and today, including the newspaper articles, talk about Mullvad as if Daniel is the single owner, founder and CEO. It should be obvious that Daniel's private donation to a political party is not part of Mullvad's values or mission. If you have any questions, comments or concerns you're welcome t…

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Re: The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party

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Post by KaiserPro »

ZeroGravitas wrote: post #359
drbscl wrote: post #310

Wikipedia of the party in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96rebro_Party# Doesn't really sound all that far-right to me. Nationalist, sure. I'm not Swedish though, so I would be interested in the thoughts of those who are actually affected by Örebropartiet's policies.

Spot the odd one out: > Some of its key issues include lowered wages for politicians, ending the tax payer funding of various sculptures, monuments and art, large scale remigration, a stricter immigration policy, and free dental care.

> large scale remigration

which is literally kicking out people who don't look or sounds like me, out of the country.

Whenever that has happened it has been rather bad for most parties.

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Post by yreg »

drbscl wrote: post #310

Wikipedia of the party in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96rebro_Party# Doesn't really sound all that far-right to me. Nationalist, sure. I'm not Swedish though, so I would be interested in the thoughts of those who are actually affected by Örebropartiet's policies.

>Doesn't really sound all that far-right to me.

To me too, then I got to the leaders quote on TV: "We must deport these damn parasites who sit and live at our expense."

Yeah, okay. I know some politicians who speak like that, I feel I get the picture.

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Post by panarky »

devindotcom wrote: post #400
nomel wrote: post #388

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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"It should be obvious that Daniel's private donation to a political party is not part of Mullvad's values or mission."

It should be obvious that it is utterly incompatible with the values and mission of Mullvad for a Mullvad executive to give a large amount money from Mullvad customers to advance public policy with the primary and direct intent to restrict freedom of expression.
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