It's not like they're hiding the fact that they utilize mullvad. The price doesn't differ that much also. Currently, it's even cheaper through Mozilla: 4,99$ < 5,00€.
You're right that they have indeed more brand recognition.
Basically, the value proposition is: Out of all the VPN providers, we already did the research for you, to pick one that's trustworthy.
Actually, I would too, if that money is guaranteed to be used only for Firefox development. And only that.
Not to pocket, not to an inept C-Suite, not to their political activism. Not to any experiments outside of the core browser.
But that's not even possible. You can only donate to the Mozilla Foundation, which uses the money for whatever they like.
What I don't get about the VPN thing is, that they're just a reseller of mullvad VPN.
So, even if I trust Mozilla, that isn't of any help, if I don't trust mullvad.
And if I do trust mullvad, why wouldn't I buy access from them directly? The only reason to get the Mozilla VPN is, to help them to a little commission for ideological reasons.
From my understanding Mozilla VPN is just rebranded mullvad VPN.
So what benefit do you get by purchasing VPN access from Mozilla vs. directly from mullvad? I don´t see any from a security/trust perspective.
Also everyone is writing Mozilla wrong around here.
It´s not Mozilla. They changed it to Moz://a. How much did that rebranding cost? Was that money well spent?
So many bad decisions.
There is actually a gamepad-type keyboard as a real product.
It doesn't work with gestures but with dedicated buttons.
From the looks of it, you can type pretty fast on it, too.
I've lost all respect for Mozilla by now.
They're still vital for the web ecosystem as a whole.
But they turned into a polititcal party and I don't like.
Their Android app has no option to logout automatically after a set amount of time. You're logged in indefinitely.
I consider that a security risk. Everyone who manages to unlock my phone can completely take over my digital identity.
I contacted their support and made a feature request for auto-logout. Their answer was basically: Just lock your phones screen.