# Mozilla VPN

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Mozilla VPN and 15 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for personal privacy and its built-in ad-blocking DNS, and some pay for it to support Mozilla. Critics say Mozilla should focus on its browser instead.

## Why people recommend it

- Personal privacy (2 comments): "I like Mozilla VPN for personal privacy. (Note: it has ad blocking DNS built in which is nice!)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49936524)) "I like Mozilla VPN for personal privacy." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49936134))
- Built-in ad-blocking DNS (2 comments): "I like Mozilla VPN for personal privacy. (Note: it has ad blocking DNS built in which is nice!)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49936524)) "it has ad blocking DNS built in which is nice!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49936045))

## What people warn about

- Distracts from browser development (4 comments): "I dont need those and would hate to have them waste extra development time on improving those services." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46609288)) "all they did was release weird stuff like VPNs and half baked services with a layer of "privacy" nail polish." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47065167)) "since they started trying to sell shit like VPN service" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50073555))
- Unclear where payments go (2 comments): "Does the profit from the VPN service go to Firefox? If not, what's the point of having a VPN service." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48061618)) "I even pay for their vpn because there is apparently no way to pay for the browser" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46300592))
- Hard to use or unreliable (2 comments): "it just wouldn't work a lot of the time and I gave up" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45929723)) "they didn't make it easy and obvious to use" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47793314))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Mullvad VPN](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mullvad-vpn.md): 255 recommend
- [Proton VPN](https://hackerapproved.com/p/proton-vpn.md): 63 recommend
- [iCloud Private Relay](https://hackerapproved.com/p/icloud-private-relay.md): 26 recommend
- [Cloudflare WARP](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-warp.md): 18 recommend
- [Firefox VPN](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-built-in-vpn.md): 16 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://vpn.mozilla.org/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Mozilla VPN", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mozilla-vpn/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).