Post #1301787

2026-03-07 12:34 UTC

Reddit also hates people who criticize child predators. I question calling something Nordic if it’s based in Panama and headquartered in Lithuania. I get it, it’s just branding, like how Texas Pete isn’t made in Texas (at least it’s not made in New York City, I suppose) but maybe call it something else? IIRC Proton _is_ Nordic, but I don’t know if that makes their VPN better or worse. They do have a free ordering and I use it when I’m on public WiFi because I can, but otherwise can’t vouch for it.

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@Eggyhead@lemmings.world 2026-03-07 13:03

The taxes are really high, so Nordic folk tend to base their online businesses in countries with lax tax laws then live off the proceeds in their home countries where the benefits are great.

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@phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2026-03-08 10:30

Proton is based in Switzerland, which is not a Nordic country. Neither's Lithuania, but at least the Baltic is Nordic-adjacent. The notion that the home country of a company operating in multiple countries matters? Only if that home country's regulatory regime can be trusted. In the case of Proton, a US request to the Swiss government led to a Swiss warrant that forced Proton to disclose the details of a user who had criticised the fascist government in the US. Many countries will do favors like that for other countries without any sort of due process. The best you can hope for is that the vendors' system architecture retains the minimum user information needed to sustain operations.

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