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Maybe I'm missing something, but why is "not sponsoring podcasts" a plus for a VPN service? Personally Mullvad is my favorite and AFAIK, they also don't sponsor
by capableweb 5y ago
Maybe I'm missing something, but why is "not sponsoring podcasts" a plus for a VPN service? Personally Mullvad is my favorite and AFAIK, they also don't sponsor any podcasts, but I don't think that would influence how I feel about Mullvad.
- flaviut 5y agoThe VPN industry is generally pretty shady & tries to sell users services that do them no or even negative good by making silly claims. When a service isn't being honest in their advertising, it makes you think about what else they're being dishonest about.
- capableweb 5y agoThat's more about what's in their marketing material ("when a service isn't being honest in their advertising") rather than where they actually put that marketing material. And yeah, then I'd agree, if Mullvad started lying or pushing useless services down my throat, I'd definitely dump it quickly.
- brewdad 5y agoI used Mullvad for a few years and was largely happy with it. I got a multi-year deal on ProtonVPN that was too good to pass up, so now I'm on that. Overall, I think I liked Mullvad better so may go back to it when my time is up. I used NordVPN back quite a few years ago. Once they started advertising on cable tv shows, I knew it was time to jump ship. A VPN service spending that kind of money is either burning through cash too quickly to survive, selling user data, or a government honeypot.
- ipaddr 5y agoIt shows scale and also makes them a bigger target for lawsuit which get's settled through access. Check out what vpn have been sued over the last year (they all have been no log companies) and you will quickly realize that logs are being shared by anyone of size. The smaller the service the better.