Mozilla VPN
Shares rank 8 of 15 VPN services by recommenders
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.
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.
26 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 15
- approval share
- 42%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Personal privacy
“I like Mozilla VPN for personal privacy. (Note: it has ad blocking DNS built in which is nice!)”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Court agrees with EFF: Utah's VPN law demands a technical impossibility” “I like Mozilla VPN for personal privacy.”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Court agrees with EFF: Utah's VPN law demands a technical impossibility” Built-in ad-blocking DNS
“I like Mozilla VPN for personal privacy. (Note: it has ad blocking DNS built in which is nice!)”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Court agrees with EFF: Utah's VPN law demands a technical impossibility” “it has ad blocking DNS built in which is nice!”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Court agrees with EFF: Utah's VPN law demands a technical impossibility”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Distracts from browser development
“I dont need those and would hate to have them waste extra development time on improving those services.”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “Owners, not renters: Mozilla's open source AI strategy” “all they did was release weird stuff like VPNs and half baked services with a layer of "privacy" nail polish.”
Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “Zero-day CSS: CVE-2026-2441 exists in the wild” “since they started trying to sell shit like VPN service”
Comment from 13 Oct 2026 in “Firefox Enterprise” - Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Mozilla says stricter antitrust measures against Google 'threaten Firefox'”
Unclear where payments go
“Does the profit from the VPN service go to Firefox? If not, what's the point of having a VPN service.”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview” “I even pay for their vpn because there is apparently no way to pay for the browser”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?” Hard to use or unreliable
“it just wouldn't work a lot of the time and I gave up”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla” “they didn't make it easy and obvious to use”
Comment from 16 Apr 2026 in “Mozilla Thunderbolt”
Other VPN services people recommend
The four most recommended other VPN services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullvad VPN | 255 | 146 | 64% | 12 | 4.5 yrs4 owners | — |
| Proton VPN | 63 | 35 | 64% | 13 | 3 yrs4 owners | — |
| iCloud Private Relay | 26 | 20 | 57% | 11 | — | — |
| Cloudflare WARP | 18 | 10 | 64% | 7 | — | — |
| Mozilla VPNThis page | 11 | 15 | 42% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
21 of the 26 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“since they started trying to sell shit like VPN service”
“I like Mozilla VPN for personal privacy. (Note: it has ad blocking DNS built in which is nice!)”
“I like Mozilla VPN for personal privacy.”
“it has ad blocking DNS built in which is nice!”
“Over time it's becoming this way.”
“solvable technical issues, again”
“where it never had any place and is frankly an affront”
“a large "VPN" button in the address bar”
“they locked it behind a paywall for profit”
“at least they did it through a partnership with mullvad”
“Does the profit from the VPN service go to Firefox? If not, what's the point of having a VPN service.”
“I pay mozilla for their VPN service”
“they didn't make it easy and obvious to use”
“it is still a free VPN that bypasses network security measures”
“all they did was release weird stuff like VPNs and half baked services with a layer of "privacy" nail polish.”
“I dont need those and would hate to have them waste extra development time on improving those services.”
“I even pay for their vpn because there is apparently no way to pay for the browser”
“Repackaged Mullvad VPN and using Mullvad servers.”
“I pay for Mozilla relay and VPN, and these are not available in the same countries!”
“Mozilla shilling a VPN and checking all my emails against darknet lists”
“it just wouldn't work a lot of the time and I gave up”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.