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[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 20 points 1 month ago

What payment methods do Mozilla VPN accept? One of the biggest deal breaker for me are the payment methods. In example Proton VPN only accepts Credit Card or PayPal, which is a deal breaker to me.

[-] BCBoy911@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Credit Card only it looks like. Mozilla VPN is just a wrapper around Mullvad (it uses their servers and technology) so I would recommend getting that. Mullvad accepts a lot of more bespoke payment methods (crypto, wire transfer, cash in an envelope). The main reason to get Mozilla VPN is to bundle it with Mozilla's other services.

[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago

...or contribute to Mozilla's work while getting something in return.

[-] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

of which is not the best idea because Mozilla is a circus of messed up priorities

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

the mozilla foundation is largely responsible for the whole adtech and ai slop nonsense that nobody asked for

the mozilla corporation is responsible for firefox. there is no way to support firefox development

[-] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

What a truly stupid thing to say. Google is responsible for that - and the Tech companies, who fired their ethical departments, to release AI without given any thought to the damage is has done, and will do.

[-] chaoticnumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

The only thing the mozilla foundation deserves is a red hot iron prod up the arse.

[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 5 points 1 month ago

I completely forgot Mozilla VPN was based on Mullvad. Thanks for the reminder, I'll look into it.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it's only worth it if you want to buy their other services, like email masks, etc. (which you can also get for free with a service like addy.io).

[-] artiman@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

addy.io has many paid-only features I recommend unbox.at it has unlimited free aliases and the owner is very kind and hosts over 70 other services and all at free, so I donate $10 a month to him

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

Addy has way more than 10 free ones. I currently have 43 active aliases, and I'm on the free tier. You may be getting confused in that you can only forward 10MB of emails a month for free, and only to a single address. I've never run up against that cap in the six months I've been using it, but everybody's situation is different. Obviously, it wouldn't work if you need to forward big attachments or something.

Good to know there's alternatives, though!

[-] artiman@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Edited to change it to many paid features

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

So I would assume you're up on what's what with unbox. I noticed on the homepage that there's a link to addy.io at the bottom. Is there some kind of affiliation?

[-] artiman@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

No it means they are using addy.io's software since it's open source

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

Ah, okay. That's why it feels familiar. Thanks!

[-] marcie@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Just use duckduckgos alias it's unlimited

[-] artiman@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

I don't like them for the 2022 Microsoft deal and the fact that they are American but for people that aren't nearly as picky it's a good option

[-] marcie@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah that's fair

[-] wizblizz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Note they won't prorate anything, so if you want to cancel a year sub two months in, you're stuck with it the whole year.

[-] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

no, it also accepts cash and bitcoin

[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

You mean Proton VPN accepts cash and bitcoin? When I lookup at https://account.protonvpn.com/signup?plan=bundle2022&billing=12&currency=EUR , the only offering for me are Credit/debit card and/or PayPal.

[-] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

in that menu, yes.

but when you go to make an account and upgrade it to free, the two options are there.

[-] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Isn't Mozilla VPN just rebadged Mullvad (but you have to identify yourself)?

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

What is up with all these VPN providers needing apps? Do they take VPN protocols as jokes?

[-] Bogasse@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

I think it's the same deal as search engines : people have been made too unaware of what is on their devices. Every service needs its own app or people will just not dare to "tinker".

[-] Bogasse@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

We're at an insane level of stupid. I had to buy a new smartphone in an emergency yesterday, and the onboarding runs as follows :

  1. "What browser do you want to use?" Firefox
  2. "What search engine do you want to use? (Non skipable)" Ecosia

This results in installing two separate apps : Firefox and Ecosia

[-] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Which is intentional. It's Googles way to make you annoyed enough to not choose anything but their apps...

[-] vandsjov@feddit.dk 5 points 1 month ago

A thought, as I don't know the answer, but a lot of these VPN providers provide access to VPN exit nodes in multiple countries. So the VPN app could provide an interface to choose the exit node. And of cause other functionality like reminding you that you need to pay.

[-] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

They usually offer functionality thats not built in such as kill switches and split tunneling iirc

[-] milliams@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Article is dated 10th July 2025. Why was this posted now?

[-] didnt1able@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago

Cause nobody cared then and nobody cares now.

[-] sadness_nexus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Didn't even know Mozilla made their own VPN

[-] frozenspinach@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

I think it's rebranded Mullvad

[-] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago
[-] numeral_paver555@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Good to know that they have first-class Linux support.

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