thingsiplay@beehaw.org
on 22 Sep 18:00
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What payment methods do Mozilla VPN accept? One of the biggest deal breaker for me are the payment methods. In example Proton VPN only accepts Credit Card or PayPal, which is a deal breaker to me.
Credit Card only it looks like. Mozilla VPN is just a wrapper around Mullvad (it uses their servers and technology) so I would recommend getting that. Mullvad accepts a lot of more bespoke payment methods (crypto, wire transfer, cash in an envelope). The main reason to get Mozilla VPN is to bundle it with Mozilla’s other services.
thingsiplay@beehaw.org
on 22 Sep 18:35
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I completely forgot Mozilla VPN was based on Mullvad. Thanks for the reminder, I’ll look into it.
Telorand@reddthat.com
on 22 Sep 18:43
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Yeah, it’s only worth it if you want to buy their other services, like email masks, etc. (which you can also get for free with a service like addy.io).
addy.io has many paid-only features I recommend unbox.at it has unlimited free aliases and the owner is very kind and hosts over 70 other services and all at free, so I donate $10 a month to him
Addy has way more than 10 free ones. I currently have 43 active aliases, and I’m on the free tier. You may be getting confused in that you can only forward 10MB of emails a month for free, and only to a single address. I’ve never run up against that cap in the six months I’ve been using it, but everybody’s situation is different. Obviously, it wouldn’t work if you need to forward big attachments or something.
So I would assume you’re up on what’s what with unbox. I noticed on the homepage that there’s a link to addy.io at the bottom. Is there some kind of affiliation?
What a truly stupid thing to say. Google is responsible for that - and the Tech companies, who fired their ethical departments, to release AI without given any thought to the damage is has done, and will do.
somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 22 Sep 19:56
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It’s not extra. That’s the price for Mullvad (5.90, not 5). Why anyone would choose to use the Mozilla brand instead of going directly via Mullvad escapes any logic that I can understand, other than that, yeah, same price. Specially since you are correct to say they charge more for the branding alone, at 8.25 per month, which is ridiculous.
I think it’s the same deal as search engines : people have been made too unaware of what is on their devices. Every service needs its own app or people will just not dare to “tinker”.
A thought, as I don’t know the answer, but a lot of these VPN providers provide access to VPN exit nodes in multiple countries. So the VPN app could provide an interface to choose the exit node. And of cause other functionality like reminding you that you need to pay.
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What payment methods do Mozilla VPN accept? One of the biggest deal breaker for me are the payment methods. In example Proton VPN only accepts Credit Card or PayPal, which is a deal breaker to me.
Credit Card only it looks like. Mozilla VPN is just a wrapper around Mullvad (it uses their servers and technology) so I would recommend getting that. Mullvad accepts a lot of more bespoke payment methods (crypto, wire transfer, cash in an envelope). The main reason to get Mozilla VPN is to bundle it with Mozilla’s other services.
I completely forgot Mozilla VPN was based on Mullvad. Thanks for the reminder, I’ll look into it.
Yeah, it’s only worth it if you want to buy their other services, like email masks, etc. (which you can also get for free with a service like addy.io).
addy.io has many paid-only features I recommend unbox.at it has unlimited free aliases and the owner is very kind and hosts over 70 other services and all at free, so I donate $10 a month to him
Just use duckduckgos alias it’s unlimited
I don’t like them for the 2022 Microsoft deal and the fact that they are American but for people that aren’t nearly as picky it’s a good option
Yeah that’s fair
Addy has way more than 10 free ones. I currently have 43 active aliases, and I’m on the free tier. You may be getting confused in that you can only forward 10MB of emails a month for free, and only to a single address. I’ve never run up against that cap in the six months I’ve been using it, but everybody’s situation is different. Obviously, it wouldn’t work if you need to forward big attachments or something.
Good to know there’s alternatives, though!
Edited to change it to many paid features
So I would assume you’re up on what’s what with unbox. I noticed on the homepage that there’s a link to addy.io at the bottom. Is there some kind of affiliation?
No it means they are using addy.io’s software since it’s open source
Ah, okay. That’s why it feels familiar. Thanks!
Note they won’t prorate anything, so if you want to cancel a year sub two months in, you’re stuck with it the whole year.
…or contribute to Mozilla’s work while getting something in return.
of which is not the best idea because Mozilla is a circus of messed up priorities
The only thing the mozilla foundation deserves is a red hot iron prod up the arse.
Why?
the mozilla foundation is largely responsible for the whole adtech and ai slop nonsense that nobody asked for
the mozilla corporation is responsible for firefox. there is no way to support firefox development
What a truly stupid thing to say. Google is responsible for that - and the Tech companies, who fired their ethical departments, to release AI without given any thought to the damage is has done, and will do.
no, it also accepts cash and bitcoin
You mean Proton VPN accepts cash and bitcoin? When I lookup at account.protonvpn.com/signup?plan=bundle2022&bill… , the only offering for me are Credit/debit card and/or PayPal.
in that menu, yes.
but when you go to make an account and upgrade it to free, the two options are there.
There is a support page : proton.me/support/pay-with-bitcoin
Article is dated 10th July 2025. Why was this posted now?
Cause nobody cared then and nobody cares now.
Would you trust Mozilla tough?
$5 a month is way to pricey for such a service.
Why, because you can get the normies VPNs for 1 dollar per month or so? How do you think they make up for those low prices? Take a wild guess.
no its because they’re on selling another service and you’re paying extra for the Mozilla brand
It’s not extra. That’s the price for Mullvad (5.90, not 5). Why anyone would choose to use the Mozilla brand instead of going directly via Mullvad escapes any logic that I can understand, other than that, yeah, same price. Specially since you are correct to say they charge more for the branding alone, at 8.25 per month, which is ridiculous.
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Is there anything competitive about mozilla’s VPN, or is it just another cash grab for people who don’t know any better?
It’s only worth it if you want to support Mozilla imo. If you don’t care about Mozilla, get Mullvad instead
What’s competitive about mullvad? It seems to be priced higher than most VPNs without any useful benefit.
Edit: Downvotes, but no answer?
Good to know that they have first-class Linux support.
Isn’t Mozilla VPN just rebadged Mullvad (but you have to identify yourself)?
What is up with all these VPN providers needing apps? Do they take VPN protocols as jokes?
I think it’s the same deal as search engines : people have been made too unaware of what is on their devices. Every service needs its own app or people will just not dare to “tinker”.
We’re at an insane level of stupid. I had to buy a new smartphone in an emergency yesterday, and the onboarding runs as follows :
This results in installing two separate apps : Firefox and Ecosia
Which is intentional. It’s Googles way to make you annoyed enough to not choose anything but their apps…
A thought, as I don’t know the answer, but a lot of these VPN providers provide access to VPN exit nodes in multiple countries. So the VPN app could provide an interface to choose the exit node. And of cause other functionality like reminding you that you need to pay.
They usually offer functionality thats not built in such as kill switches and split tunneling iirc
Didn’t even know Mozilla made their own VPN
I think it’s rebranded Mullvad
Mullvad is better.