[sneak]

Because Mullvad allows for totally anonymous payment, and is thus preferred by the nefarious.

I assume Google only allows you to pay with a payment card as usual, and even getting a Google account requires a phone number now.

I use Mullvad all of the time. Some of their locations' public exit IPs are blocked for some/all services. Can't log in to HN from some of them, can't use Etsy at all from some of them, can't checkout on eBay from some of them, etc.

[eightails]

I guess that makes sense. I use Mullvad as well, and anecdotally it seemed to have a similar rate of blacklisted endpoints to Nord. I guess in Nord's case maybe its ubiquity is the problem.