That's very interesting, 100% cashback? Was it for 1 month or 1 year? 1 month is okay but if there was a cashback on 12 months, then there is definitely something wrong.
It's a year. I know they hope you'll keep paying afterwards, but I don't like it.
I like Mullvad's and IVPN's approach but it would be really nice if there was a small discount during Black Friday, at least for a monthly plan
I must say I like the "no discount" approach. Giving a discount just means you're charging too much without discount. If a company can give 30-50% discount, that just means they're charging too much without discount. And it means I don't want to buy them without discount, which makes it an annoying business model. No discounts ever is a very transparent policy.
but there is a thing that I don't like about Mullvad, they are centralizing privacy, i.e. Mullvad VPN, Mullvad Browser, Mullvad Search, maybe it's my wrong intuition but I think this is bad for privacy when you use three products of one provider. That's why I don't use Proton, they have so many services under their Proton hood that I do not find it safe.
That's a bit like saying you don't buy a Honda car because they also make motorcycles and outboord engines. I use Mullvad, I use Proton. But I don't use all their services.