It's not something I've needed myself, but I can see it being useful for journalists and whistleblowers working to expose government corruption or something, and the whole 'registration + account' thing feels like the weak point in the chain for said use cases.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48717469
Proton’s CEO has done the same thing.
https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-tru...
I’m sure if they look into any company suggested, they will find someone involved who has done something they don’t like. If they don’t find anything, it’s likely only because it hasn’t been made public.
A more interesting question is how much effort we're willing to put into making those choices. My answer was posting here and doing a bit of research. Maybe I'll stick with Mullvad for the time being, maybe I won't and I'll help a few people make the same choice. It's better than shrugging and being defeatist, cynicism is cheap.
(Adobe subs weren't https://untested.sonnet.io/notes/alternatives-to-adobe/)
Proton CEO made some vaguely pro-Republican (U.S) comments one time.
Mullvad CEO is the primary donor to a European political party that supports "re-migration"; a far right policy ideal that is literally about sending migrants back to where they came from.
Run your own?
There are lots of guide online of getting a cheap VPS and installing Wireguard on it.
So far I have to say I am really impressed. Clients are all open source, really configurable, and speed and reliability seems as good as Mullvad.
Will I find out tomorrow that their founder is also a fascist? Hopefully not.
(I am a Mullvad user, but I am not Swedish, or familiar with Swedish politics, so I only have Wikipedia to go from.)