• geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 months ago

    It should be clear by now how the party donation relates to this. Mullvad does not condone it, nor condemn it.

    If they don’t condemn donating to Nazis then they’re Nazi’s. Pretty clear. Proton VPN it is.

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    even if you do believe in freedom of expression and information, why would you donate to a fascist group which have been using suppression of expression - either it is attacking immigrants, pushing age gate laws, or attacking trans rights - as their path to power?

  • speakupattheback@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 months ago

    “aren’t we living in a multicultural democracy, why can’t the minorities and the racists just get along and be respectful of each others’ ideas”

    Absolutely pathetic response. I’m less likely to use them now than before I read this

  • sp3ctre@feddit.org
    1·
    3 months ago

    I have no problem, if the service gets used for things I don’t agree with (I will not know anyway). But I do have a problem when one of the founders I paid (with the money from my subscription) openly supports this kind of party. No hard feelings, but with that knowledge, I prefer to give my money to another VPN.

    Got my refund from Mullvad so I’m fine now.

  • Weslee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    They try to distance themselves from it as much as they can, but at the end of the day he is using money he obtained from Mullvad (us) in ways some people don’t like.

    The only true way to stop it is for the CEO to leave the company and sell all shares and stakes…

    Or to simply stop giving Mullvad money, which is what I’ve done. There are plenty other privacy focused vpns that don’t have this issue.

    • HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      0·
      3 months ago

      Are they trying to disrtance themselves, though?

      Mullvad does not condone it, nor condemn it. It most likely was a bad idea; most things where there are a multitude of conflicting opinions necessarily are. But societies need a great diversity of ideas, initiatives and organizations who can be tested and sifted until the best ones remain.

      • rnercle@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        3 months ago

        But societies need a great diversity of ideas, initiatives and organizations who can be tested and sifted until the best ones remain.

        need? At what point does a society NEED to test racism to see if it should remain?

        When will these societies decide that they tested it long enough?