Firefox built-in VPN Availability
So, can somebody please explain to me why Firefox VPN is now unsupported in so many countries where people can only exercise their freedom of information by using a VPN?
Do local laws and restrictions apply to the people of these countries because of their governments' actions, while those same governments don't even need a VPN to access such information? Instead, they censor it to prevent their citizens from accessing it.
You claim to be sanctioning the "governments", but in reality, you are only sanctioning the "people" — the very people who are actually fighting against their governments' practices.
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The built–in feature is meant to protect one's privacy, not to circumvent regional restrictions, it was not designed so (for that you'd need a different type of product). I don't think any regions were removed, you can track any updates in the country list at Unable to find the built-in VPN in Firefox article.
I would agree with you if the feature had been removed as a result of internal corporate decisions or for some other reason. However, the message specifically states that Firefox VPN is unavailable because "Local laws and restrictions limit where you can use VPN."
Now, I don't know exactly what this message means, but if it refers to the local laws of the country where I live, then Mozilla is a US-based company, and it is not necessarily legally obligated to comply with the laws of every country where its services are inaccessible or restricted.
On the contrary, many US-based companies actively help people circumvent censorship and access information freely, even when doing so may violate the laws of the countries imposing those restrictions.
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