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Firefox 149 adds built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
submitted 1 day ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Firefox’s free VPN will offer 50 gigabytes of monthly data, which is pretty generous for a browser-based VPN. A Mozilla account is required to make use of it, which isn’t a hardship (they’re free), but is a point of friction some may wish to know upfront.

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[–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Interesting. I'd actually pay for an in browser VPN, it's handy to be able to switch countries on the fly. Ideally even per browser tab.

I would not however pay for Mozilla's mullvad thing. I don't like mullvad since they dropped port forwarding and OpenVPN. I use proton now for that. But in the browser is a different usecase for me.

It's just weird that it's not possible to pay for this but only for the thing I don't want.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I keep hearing about people dropping Mullvad for port forwarding...why do y'all need port forwarding while trying to stay anonymous?

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 15 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

AFAIK torrent. But I've been torrenting all my life without port forward and I have all the seasons from my favorite Linux distros,.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

If I can’t download it without jumping through yet more hoops, I’m sure I don’t really need that particular Linux distribution.

[–] vl1t0@lemmy.ml 2 points 19 hours ago

It is basically a requirement in most private trackers. Either because it literally is, or to be able to hit seeding limits quickly.

[–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Torrents, you can't peer with other people behind NAT.

[–] blackbeans@lemmy.zip 3 points 21 hours ago

The free option is limited to a certain amount of GB. Mozilla can upsell an unlimited version in the future. Likely the reason they don't do that right from the start, is that their VPN network is completely new and it's hard to judge the network capacity needed.