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Isn't that how all businesses operate? If customers don't like it then they can find an alternative vendor.

Yeah I just expected better of Mullvad as a long standing customer. They seemed pretty politically neutral which I prefer.

What evidence do you have that the company is not politically neutral?

Their co-founder (not just an employee) is bankrolling a party that’s leader has called for the expelling of all immigrants. This fact is not in dispute.

You're surprised the co-founder of a privacy company is advocating that a countries membership should be ... private?

You're just playing with language. I can say:

"I'm surprised the co-founder of a freedom of speech company is contributing to a political party that wants to force religious charter schools to close."

That doesn't mean the behavior of the company is political in the same direction? Am I taking crazy pills?

"We have worked extremely hard to ensure that your internet browsing cannot be retrieved by the police, even with a warrant, and that you can be anonymous online" is not at all "politically neutral"

Like, I agree with and support their politics, but that doesn't make something politically neutral.

One could argue that 'politically neutral' could also be a policy they apply to their employees at all levels; i.e. if everyone gets along at the office and does their job, that's really all that matters.

If anything, respecting an employee's personal life privacy seems fairly in-line with the values one would want in a privacy-focused VPN company.

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