Proton has cooperated with subpoenas on multiple occasions leading to the user’s arrest.
While they may challenge them, the point is that they have cooperated and thus are not reliable. There are no reported cases of Mullvad doing the same.
There are ample links from multiple sources that describe this with a simple search.
I’m with you.
Give gifts because you want to, when you want to, and if you need ideas - ASK.
There’s no reasonable reason not to ask or communicate directly with the recipient if you genuinely don’t know what they want - or even what they prefer within a group of things they may have mentioned.
Also, holidays in the USA are heavily commercialized and this should be avoided, especially when teaching kids financial literacy.
Being susceptible to advertising is dangerous- kids need to understand that finances act as war against citizens, by deceiving, trapping, and manipulating us into debt for things we don’t need or that don’t work.
Financial literacy and refusing to give in to advertising makes a stronger person. It doesn’t mean we don’t have Xmas, it means we stick to our budget and ignore advertising in favor of research, reviews, and actual data about what we want.