Mullvad's ads are good

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• killeronthecorner@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Mullvad is one of those services that just works and I never worry about whether my server’s connection has fallen over. It’s fairly priced, transparent, and doesn’t abuse my privacy or trust. They never try to lure me into buying more/bigger/better like pretty much every company does now. Much like my water supply, I literally forget that the underlying solution exists because it so reliably does it’s job.

  Feeling the same about Tailscale recently, but this comment is bait to find out if I’m wrong! Not paying yet but considering it.

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• DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works ⁨42⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  love mullvad wish they where clearer explaing how vpns work and the downsides but still love mullvad

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• Decoy321@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Mod here . I found this amusing, and op is good sport, so fuck y’all I’m leaving it up.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  All I have to say to these commenters suggesting OP is a shill:

  Chill out and drink a nice, refreshing Dr. Pepper to calm your nerves.

  ^this message brought to you by Carl’s Jr.^

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  • chagall@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This also made me chuckle. 10/10 comment.

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  • morphballganon@mtgzone.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Speaking of Dr. Pepper, try the Strawberries & Cream Zero Sugar flavor, it’s bomb

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• taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Lol, people have post-reddit PTSD if they think you’re a shill. Maybe if/when Lemmy hits the mainstream but man, we’re so off the radar most marketers have no idea this place exists.

  It’s a waste of money unless you’re advertising something for Linux and/or communism… which would be a bit of a paradox, lol

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  • hornybisexualmia@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    linux/communism is mostly a package deal these days

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    • thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      i’d just like to interject for a moment, what you’re calling linux/communism is actually gnu/linux/communism. or something. idk, i really don’t want to see walls of text by richard stallman here.

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• AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is the type of ad I absolutely don’t mind because they aren’t for absolutely soulless companies that will fuck your grandma and then sue you for emotional damages afterwards.

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• TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Over a hundred people up voting... an ad.

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  • Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Here’s the thing. The reason ads are bad is because almost every single one is for a product that will exploit the user. Mullvad is a product that does the opposite. They ask for money, but don’t force it. They intend to give power of the user’s life back to the user. Thus, some ads are actually okay. Ads about VPNs, self hosted systems, anti-corporate anticapitalist services, software that is for you to use and only ever takes telemetry for software improvement, and then only if you consent first.

    Hell, before this garbage, on TV the only ads were products and charities, and everybody grew really sick of the African child ads because its sole purpose was to exploit the viewer’s empathy and get their money. Same with now, except if it’s not money they want it’s data, and data is money to them.

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Related note

      I’m a Ublock Origin kinda guy, but not a SponsorBlock one

      Because gestures at capitalism is the thing for now:

      Sponsorships, when transparent and well-chosen and clearly labeled and clever, are less grating and don’t use anti-privacy targeting methods. That’s a path forward I’m pretty much OK with (remember capitalism is the thing, you & I have to eat like the YouTubers?).

      My expectation is not “everyone should do everything for free” or “you’re only allowed to sell merch, without ever mentioning it” or “uploaders must have live shows and sell tickets if they ever want a dollar”. It’s “ewww, ads” and the malware that we’re exposed to alongside them.

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      Meant to make a post about this but your comment triggered it early :)

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  • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ve never had a problem with ads made in this way.

    This form of “passive marketing” (I’m making up terms), I.e a poster on the street that you can easily walk past is fine. If your poster catches attention enough that people start sharing it because they liked it, the marketer has done a good job. In the internet space, I’d consider banner ads “passive”. If they actually filter out the scams and malware, and if someone wants to sponsor Rod’s Radical Recipes with a banner ad, who cares.

    I do take issue with I’ll call active marketing. This is an ad you’re forced to engage with, like an unmutable gas pumps that’s playing audio, a commercial break or a pre-roll add If I’m getting something for free, then sure an add or two seems reasonable (well, 15 years ago it did), but I’m already paying for the gas, shut the fuck up and let me enjoy my 3 minutes of stress watching the numbers go up without some guy screaming about beef jerky.

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• FriendlyN3rd@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  i knew mullvad was an absolute banger when i made an account. biggest green flag ever, radioactive green.

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• Geodad@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I love Mullvad. ❤️

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  • lobut@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m going back to Europe for a few months for a visit. I was looking at other VPNs and they were offering me cheap discounts but I’d have to sign up for 2 years or some shit. Mullvad was very straightforward in their pricing and I was able to generate the VPN config and I have it installed on my travel router really easily.

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• False@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  We’ve been getting ads from them in Seattle too

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  • noxypaws@pawb.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I was surprised to see Mullvad ads on the Link. Pleasantly surprised, at that!

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• OZFive@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Mullard VPN marketing dept has a Lemmy account?

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  • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Or just a San Francisco resident — these ads are everywhere on BART (+Muni?) right now. (As far as ads go, they’re pretty good I guess — and no, I don’t even use them, much less work for them.)

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