I'm sorry but this is really a nothing burger, a pure nitpick. Who gives a fuck where they host their customer support emails? You can spin up new mullvad accounts with 0 friction. Even if you doxx your account in an email, you can create another one. I don't know any service who "self hosts" email for customer support. That's probably a terrible idea since self-hosted email often gets flagged as spam and that's the last thing you want for customer support. Your note makes it seem like this is some dealbrealer and that "they don't give a shit about your privacy". I don't think you have bad intentions but you're letting the perfect be the enemy of good and the result is that people who read that will just be discouraged and not improve their setup. I think we should be vocal about things that matter. A customer support MX record pointing at gmail is not it.

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LsnDr 2 years ago
People who use Mullvad are not "normies"..normies use Chrome or Edge.
Who pays for VPN to use it on daily basis? Idiots who don't trust ISP but trust unconditionally VPN provider who knows everything about their traffic. There is Tor, not great but much better when it comes to privacy. FOR FREE.
The VPN provider knows everything about your traffic except... KYC and PII which is kind of the most important thing. Using a VPN is like using a no-kyc ISP + you get the added anonimity set of sharing an IP with other users. A VPN is not the ultimate solution but it's just basic protection. Without is, it's kind of like getting fucked on the internet without a condom.
VPN privider knows you very well even if you pay with cash by mail. They know your connection-patterns on daily basis. You can always use Orbot Full VPN mode.
Using a VPN is not supposed to protect you from the VPN provider. It's just strictly better than just using your ISP. No one is arguing that tor isn't superior privacy wise. Why not route everything through tor? Because many types of internet usage are unusable and unviable through tor.
Which sites? Some banks? Maybe use clear (ISP) connection to browse them?