374

The Stellar Swedish VPN Service Had to Be Corrupted... (feddit.uk)

submitted 4 days ago by maam@feddit.uk to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

116 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] KiwiTB@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

So let me get this straight. One of this companies CEOs donated a huge sum to a bunch of fascists, so now people are switching away from the service. Won't that only hurt the staff and make people lose a excellent service, as if the CEO is wealthy they'll be virtually untouched?

[-] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 51 points 3 days ago

Pay money to mullvad - > CEO gets part of that money - > CEO funds fascists - > fascists are being funded with your money.

[-] MJB1990@kbin.earth 1 points 1 day ago

so should I stop giving £20 to homeless people on the street here and there because a fair portion of them run immediately into the off-license for alcohol? by your logic I'm essentially funding their drinking habit not just giving a guy on the street money.

have you ever heard of the Orebro party before this or even know any of their policies? just jumping on the tribal bandwagon even though let's face it a private donation to a local Swedish party barely actually affects any of us on here. A VPN is basically an internet bouncer do you ask the security staff at live shows their political ideology? nope it would be pretty asinine.

i was under the assumption the Fediverse was supposed to be better than Reddit whole lot of the same all or nothing tribal takes.

[-] ramble81@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago

Pay money to <random-corp> - > <random-worker> gets part of that money, through their paycheck - > <random-worker> funds fascists - > fascists are being funded with “your” money

It came out that he was using his personal money from his pay, and not directly off the expense sheet of the company. To that end, when does it stop being “your” money. If you were replace that with “VP”, “Manager”, or even “random tech” is it still your money at that point?

[-] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 20 points 3 days ago

The amount between worker and CEO is orders of magnitude different. And it doesn't matter that it's his private money. It comes (partially) from me. Therefore if I use the service I feel partially responsible. A couple percent of every euro I've ever given them, went to funding that party. So I will use a different company, where that doesn't happen.

[-] oneser@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago

Your point is really valid however as there is no clear lines, so people will have to draw their own.

[-] fizzle@quokk.au 28 points 3 days ago

The core issue is that this guy's money comes from mullvad customers, and he's donating that money to a far right political party.

If mullvad didn't have any customers that political party wouldn't have any money.

[-] whatiswrongwithyou@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

The person who donated is rich from investments in multiple companies. Mullvad not existing would likely not have changed this set of events.

[-] KiwiTB@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I highly doubt that would be the case.

[-] oneser@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

The first part of your comment clearly appears to be true, but the 2nd can't be insinuated in my opinion.

[-] fizzle@quokk.au 11 points 3 days ago

Its a tiny party who's total donations are a fraction more than the amount contributed by mullvad guy.

Its irrelevant anyway. I don't want my money to support that party.

[-] VeganCheesecake 12 points 3 days ago

Founder/probably partial owner. Pretty sure the CEO released a statement that he doesn't agree with the donation.

[-] maam@feddit.uk 10 points 3 days ago

Too bad he’s got 50% voting rights.

this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2026

374 points (100.0% liked)

Buy European

10584 readers

235 users here now

Overview:

The community to discuss buying European goods and services.

Matrix Chat of this community

Rules:

Be kind to each other, and argue in good faith. No direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments.
Do not use this community to promote Nationalism/Euronationalism. This community is for discussing European products/services and news related to that. For other topics the following might be of interest:
Include a disclaimer at the bottom of the post if you're affiliated with the recommendation.
No russian suggestions.

Feddit.uk's instance rules apply:

No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia.
No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies.
No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users.
Do not share intentionally false or misleading information.
Do not spam or abuse network features.
Alt accounts are permitted, but all accounts must list each other in their bios.
No generative AI content.

Useful Websites