Ok, just to sum it up for those following along at home:
NordVPN: confidence scam, the Raid: Shadow Legends of VPNs
Surfshark: owned by NordVPN
Mozilla VPN: reseller of Mullvad
Tailscale: partners with Mullvad
ExpressVPN: Israeli
Private Internet Access: ditto
ZenMate VPN: ditto
CyberGhost VPN: ditto
Windscribe: edgy branding, transphobic, uses slurs on social media
ProtonVPN: sponsors French fascists
MullvadVPN: donates millions to Swedish fascists

am I missing any?

e: if you are here looking for ones you SHOULD use, these were recommended to me and seem to check out:
https://vpn.ccrypto.org
https://njal.la
or self-host your own:
https://amnezia.org/self-hosted

That's absolutely sad to read. The CEO of @mullvadnet is not only financing the far-right Swedish Örebro party, but he even is their main financer. 70+% of their money is his donation. He is the reason why they go nationwide this year.

For obvious reasons i cease to trust this service. Also i do not finance parties that aim for forced deportations.

https://www.flamman.se/techprofil-ger-miljoner-till-orebropartiet/

#Mullvad

daniel berntsson, one of mullvad's two founders and owners, has donated millions to a local fascist/populist party. (swedish link to flamman, a socialist news site)

the örebro party are mainly known for using unusually aggressive rhetorics and racism.

in the article, berntsson specifically mentions supporting the örebro party's politics of forced repatriation of swedish citizens born abroad.

EDIT: …and should you decide that you're not renewing your subscription, then may i suggest telling them about it? i mean it's arguably a good thing if they're made aware that they're losing customers because of the owners financing this crap. and they can't get away with it since anonymous donations to political parties are prohibited in sweden.

you could even tell them here on fedi. it's mullvadnet(at)mastodon.online

Looking for #anime artists on fedi to follow. Partly for secret art director reasons, but also I just want more art on my timeline too

Hit me with your favs!

I have been thinking quite a bit about the Steam Machine pricepoint.

To be honest, it's not that bad. At this point I'm not going to be surprised if it's sold out quickly. People like to pay extra for convenience, damn the specs and all. Devs are going to target it as they did with the Steam Deck and are doing with Switch 2.

Steam OS is going to be a Linux Distro that will accumulate a lot of users over time and will be a gateway for new Linux users. The Steam Deck did that for me.

Linux users in general will be the winners here tbh.

I have seen a lot of doom and gloom on here. But I have seen the same for the Switch 2 and the Steam Deck post price range and those things sre selling well. I'd say the reaction is mostly a bubble thing.

#gaming #steammachine #linuxgaming