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I don't believe Mullvad sells DNS data, largely in part to their much higher pricing model when compared to Nord/Express/et. al Their FAQ confirms this, assumi
by yurishimo 4y ago
I don't believe Mullvad sells DNS data, largely in part to their much higher pricing model when compared to Nord/Express/et. al
Their FAQ confirms this, assuming you trust them. https://mullvad.net/en/help/no-logging-data-policy/#no-logs https://mullvad.net/en/help/no-logging-data-policy/#no-logs
- lxgr 4y agoA higher price point isn't proof of anything. If a provider can sell a VPN for $1/month as a loss leader and make $5/user after selling all data, what keeps a $10/month VPN from making >$15 doing the exact same thing?
- yurishimo 4y agoMy point was that they charge more for the subscription to avoid putting themselves in a situation where they feel pressure to sell user data to make up for a bad quarter of sales.
- Dylan16807 4y agoI was under the impression that VPN services were very profitable on their own, without selling data. Is this really a price thing, or is it a shady greed thing?
- VonGuard 4y ago$3 a month per person is not a business model...
- hnarn 4y agoIt’s hard to have another business model when you know nothing about the user. Please read up on how Mullvad works and then come back with a coherent argument on how they could be making money off user data.
- bee_rider 4y agoLots of video streaming services seem to be in the $10/mo range, and they have to deal with licensing all the shows and storing them. $3/mo seems pretty reasonable off the cuff for a VPN service.
- brodock 4y agoDon't forget all the youtubers a VPN has to pay and all the 75% off deals with the promocode ILOVEMYYOUTUBER.
- Dylan16807 4y agoIt is when support costs are negligible and they use 40 cents of server resources.