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I don't understand why Google or Brave are cooperating with this, they don't earn anything. And if they're not, what prevents Google blocking Mullvad IPs?
by worldsavior 1y ago
I don't understand why Google or Brave are cooperating with this, they don't earn anything. And if they're not, what prevents Google blocking Mullvad IPs?
- o_m 1y agoMullvad is paying to use their API's, like Kagi does. Google is making money on this https://leta.mullvad.net/faq#made-from-scratch https://leta.mullvad.net/faq#made-from-scratch
- worldsavior 1y agoThen how does Mullvad earns? This surely costs a lot of money to pay for Google search results.
- akimbostrawman 1y agoLeta used to require a VPN subscription. They probably figured the cost weren't that high and the possible increase in future customer by offering it for free would at least cover or even outweight that cost.
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- fr4nkr 1y agoGoogle likely just doesn't care. They know most people won't bother using privacy-oriented services out of inconvenience or apathy.