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@gravitywell@sh.itjust.works

2026-09-06 03:08 UTC

The amount of hate on mullvad for what they openly acknowledged was a personal donation from someone who was a founder sure does seem like it’s astroturfing against an otherwise solid vpn provider with a better trackrecord and more transparency then most. Seems like the Same sort of ppl who would pay for services with a bank card and then be shocked when that links them to an account. What do these people want? Should Mullvad fire this person? On what grounds? Do people honestly think companies should have a say over what their employees or members spend their personal money on? That seems like a fascist attitude to me. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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  • @grepe@lemmy.world 2026-09-06 05:12

    the problem is that the same people who buy vpn services are the people who care that parties like he supports don’t get to power… so when they learn that their money (that they paid for the vpn) directly helped to pay for that donation (via the company that made him rich) they are understendably pissed.

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  • @KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-09-07 01:31

    You realize companies have and do fire people for actions in their personal lives, right? Especially in the US where virtually everyone works “at will” and having signed a piece of paper stating they would not hurt the reputation of the company or face termination? Other countries and contracts have similar clauses. Sweden is one such country, where there is a process involved but it is still very much a thing. So why is it when an individual high up in the company, someone with decision power and who directly benefits from sales, does something that hurts the public perception, suddenly you’re asking us to just ignore it? Why is it that your accusation of astroturfing sounds suspiciously like… well, astroturfing.

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