Mozilla to launch free built-in VPN in upcoming Firefox 149
https://cyberinsider.com/mozilla-to-launch-free-built-in-vpn-in-upcoming-firefox-149/As a Firefox user: if I want a VPN I'll use an actual VPN. Focus on making a great browser, and not all this distraction.
Also, "free": "If you're not paying for it, you're the product being sold"
Do you live in 2010? Whether you pay for a service or not is irrelevant to selling your data nowadays.
> "If you're not paying for it, you're the product being sold"
This is such a un-nuanced take.
In this case Firefox's route-to-market is the product. It's a distribution channel where some people who receive the free version will upgrade.
Free tiers for products where some will pay to upgrade seems like a reasonable compromise, but it does depend on how the deal is structured.
If Mullvad pays Firefox for the free users then Firefox's incentives are aligned with its users.
If Mullvad pays per conversion then it's a different story.
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As I understand it, it is just like in Opera. So a proxy not a VPN. I honestly find it distasteful that they may call it a VPN without it actually being one.
A VPN as you refer to it isn't a VPN either. There's no private network that is virtualized. Actual VPN software is like Tailscale.
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Now, from the people who brought you Pocket.
Could they please stop integrating services into Firefox? Thank you.
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