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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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planned Proton replacement (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 hours ago by inlandempire@jlai.lu to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've cancelled my subscription yesterday, conveniently it was about to renew at the end of the week, so I have a few days to migrate from Proton, here's what I'm thinking of, but I'd love to hear what other people are switching to

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[–] Flatfire@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I'm not sure. Mullvad is still a good product, but what it funds is not.

If I'm entirely honest, I mostly see VPN services as a predatory market, inflated by their own marketing campaigns about the risk of personal privacy. There are some products who are true to their word, like Mullvad, but most are looking for a quick buck from the average user who might forget they have a running subscription if they keep the cost low enough.

Frankly, after seeing what's happened with Proton and Mullvad, I'm not inclined to believe anyone in this market amounts to more than a paranoid libertarian at best.