I don’t know if you are serious, but the idea that people have nothing to hide comes from Nazi Germany. Also, lgbtq+ people may need to hide from their family without being cut from communities, just to give an example.
How does that apply to someone using it to pay for VPN service? Who cares what other people are using it for.
Also, many of those “criminals” are using it to buy shit like HRT because they can’t get it where they live. Some others just want to get cheap cannabis gummies in states where it’s already legal.
You shouldn’t paint with such a broad brush.
USD is just as private, unless you’re tracking serial numbers on bills, and even then… It would be like saying you don’t use cash because it’s used by criminals. Makes no sense.
USD is used by everyone and sanctioned by the US government. Monero is used almost exclusively by criminals and privacy focused people, who are probably criminals too.
Hot take, but I’m probably already a fascist in your eyes: If buying HRT and using it is illegal where you live, don’t do that, even using monero or other closed (closeness is the oposite of openness and is more neutral term than privacy) money. They, who disallow buying it will eventually notice that something is different with you and you will face punishment.
This applies to people paying for VPN, because by using the currency, they legitimize it.
Mullvad VPN is popularizing crypto
because the buyer pays transaction fees and there is no risk of chargeback so their costs are inherently lower if you pay that way?
They are? How?
They’re offering discounts for paying with monero
Monero is anonymous, so it makes sense.
It’s still crypto, with all the downsides of crypto.
Do you have a better way of making anonymous digital payments?
Just don’t?
Privacy benefits only criminals anyway
That’s a profoundly pro tyranny statement
I don’t know if you are serious, but the idea that people have nothing to hide comes from Nazi Germany. Also, lgbtq+ people may need to hide from their family without being cut from communities, just to give an example.
The source of an idea doesn’t change its value.
If my family didn’t accept the fact that I’m aroace, I would forget about them and change my life.
Openness solves all the problems that privacy solves, and does so better.
Such as what in this case? Definitely not power consumption if we’re talking about Monero.
High potential of being used by criminals, being detached from the state and privacy.
How does that apply to someone using it to pay for VPN service? Who cares what other people are using it for.
Also, many of those “criminals” are using it to buy shit like HRT because they can’t get it where they live. Some others just want to get cheap cannabis gummies in states where it’s already legal.
You shouldn’t paint with such a broad brush.
USD is just as private, unless you’re tracking serial numbers on bills, and even then… It would be like saying you don’t use cash because it’s used by criminals. Makes no sense.
Going backwards from your argumentation.
USD is used by everyone and sanctioned by the US government. Monero is used almost exclusively by criminals and privacy focused people, who are probably criminals too.
Hot take, but I’m probably already a fascist in your eyes: If buying HRT and using it is illegal where you live, don’t do that, even using monero or other closed (closeness is the oposite of openness and is more neutral term than privacy) money. They, who disallow buying it will eventually notice that something is different with you and you will face punishment.
This applies to people paying for VPN, because by using the currency, they legitimize it.
Oh! You mean crypto currencies, not crypto. I was confused there for a bit. :D