Unfortunately `rclone mount` doesn't support symlinks yet: it always deferences their contents. In contrast, SSHFS has options to either dereference them, or to

Unfortunately `rclone mount` doesn't support symlinks yet: it always deferences their contents. In contrast, SSHFS has options to either dereference them, or to use them as-is, or to transform absolute links into relative links (which may be more likely to resolve on the client)