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Yes and no, and I'm tired of hearing Mullvad from Monero folks. They just have a different pricing strategy, which is only cheaper for shorter-term plans. The prices you see at AriaVPN are for new customers, but there are discount coupons available up to 30%, our loyal customers get up to 30% discounts on plan extensions, and we already match Mullvad on long-term price plans without discounts. If you only had any idea how much they pay for servers vs what's their organic traffic, at the top of which they claim to pay for targeted advertising, it might make you question how can they possibly make a profit, and whether there's a hidden business model. At least I do, and I don't like what I see.
Since when does Mullvad offer new customers lower prices? Pretty sure it's always one price.
Are you thinking of ProtonVPN, which does offer discounts for new users?
I'm talking about AriaVPN, not Mullvad. And yes, they have flat pricing strategy and they don't do discounts. There are many providers and each do it differently, so do we :)
I misread your sentence about "the price you see is for new customers" because the previous sentence was about Mullvad with no distinction afterwards. Thanks for the clarification.
Thanks, sorry, I see the ambiguity, could have been clearer (already edited).