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I can understand that. However, ability to pay cash is wonderful. And I may not agree with ehat either people of either company says. But I will say that Mullvad VPN is superior to Proton.
The nice thing about proton is that they offer a suite of tools comparable to Google, but all privacy respecting (email, docs, drive, etc). So they're an easy recommendation for people dependent on those services. I almost never use their VPN, but it is neat that I have the option of a paid VPN along with the rest.
Also I only just noticed the other day that proton offers multi-hop VPNs now, so that your entrance and exit nodes are under different jurisdictions, is that just the standard for VPN services these days? I thought that was a pretty neat feature.
I am not a lover or hater of proton. I just know that for my needs and desires mullvad checks all boxes. Their VPN infrastructure is diskless (source: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/we-have-successfully-completed-our-migration-to-ram-only-vpn-infrastructure) and the ability to pay with cash. And the fact your account is just a number and no need for entering in other identifiable info. Add in 5he fact I can get OpenVPN config files or Wireguard config files directly exported so I dont have a need for another piece of software I dont need.
Where as protons VPN client if I am not mistaken is locked behind their proprietary software for connection.
I absolutely see the value in other things they offer, as I was investigating paying for email through them. But I just haven't done it.
Vpns aren't a silver bullet. They have their use case. I just know i have to have trust in the company in using their service. ~~And with the cooperation with law enforcement proton has stated to do; I am not going to use that offering.~~ And not sure if that is standard for VPNs these days though I like that idea.
For the other service offerings they have, I self host what I need.
--Edit: struck through something I believed but could not find the source on it I was sure I had read. By no means do I want to spread misinformation. Apologies.
Not trying to convince you to jump ship, your reasons for using mullvad seem sound, but I wanted to mention you can also export OpenVPN Configs from proton too. You're not locked to the app.
Good they offer that. I dont believe on brand loyalty. So keeping options open in accordance to my beliefs is the way I go typically.