Comment by threatofrain
2 hours ago
This ought not be considered anything close to common courtesy. This is work. Mullvad is engaged in the business of making money. They should show how serious they are with your money.
Since when do you have professionals giving you examinations out of common courtesy? Out of courtesy can I get a free cancer screening?
If I doctor performed a cancer screening on me, for free and without me asking, then yes — as a matter of courtesy I would still expect that doctor to tell me if he found cancer, rather than reading about it on his blog later.
> If I doctor performed a cancer screening on me, for free and without me asking
But that would never happen, so the point is moot.
I have known doctors and lawyers and many others to do work pro-bono
>Since when do you have professionals giving you examinations out of common courtesy?
Maybe when they decide on their own volition, without any external pressure, to go and poke around your system?
"Hey, I'm a mechanic, I was looking at your car parked out there and noticed something incredibly dangerous that needs immediate fixing. I'll tell you what it is for $1,000."
Please...
Even better, the mechanic writes a blog post about the dangers of non-functioning brakes, but doesn't tell the car owner, because they didn't have a sign advertising their "car issue bounty program".
Seems to be a systemic issue with computer guys feeling entitled to financial compensation for strange reasons. See also, people licensing their software as "open source" and then being mad when people make money off it.