• Gravitywell.xYz@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    The amount of hate on mullvad for what they openly acknowledged was a personal donation from someone who was a founder sure does seem like it’s astroturfing against an otherwise solid vpn provider with a better trackrecord and more transparency then most.

    Seems like the Same sort of ppl who would pay for services with a bank card and then be shocked when that links them to an account.

    What do these people want? Should Mullvad fire this person? On what grounds? Do people honestly think companies should have a say over what their employees or members spend their personal money on? That seems like a fascist attitude to me.

    ¯_(ツ)_/¯

    • grepe@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      the problem is that the same people who buy vpn services are the people who care that parties like he supports don’t get to power… so when they learn that their money (that they paid for the vpn) directly helped to pay for that donation (via the company that made him rich) they are understendably pissed.

      edit: this guy below said it much better than me https://lemmy.world/post/51539700/25684523