Wouldn't it be more "efficient" networking if I could sometimes just use the mullvad app instead of tailscale > mullvad?
Either way it would be good to at least have the option to use an existing account. Maybe tailscale is taking a cut since mullvad dropped recurring sub support natively.
The root problem this all came from is that users can't really run two VPN clients at a time. It rarely works due to them fighting over the same resources in various OSes. So we need to either add Mullvad support to Tailscale's client or Tailscale support to Mullvad's client. The former is tons easier.
> Wouldn't it be more "efficient" networking if I could sometimes just use the mullvad app instead of tailscale > mullvad?
no, why do you think that's the case? presumably the mullvad client does the exact same thing as the tailscale client will do - configure a wireguard tunnel.
edit: it will be interesting to see how much effort Tailscale put into preventing dns/route leaks vs the mullvad client
Well, if you want to use Mullvad outside of Tailscale, then it does matter: https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/111024772652906757 Seems like you won't be able to use your Mullvad account created via Tailscale for anything outside of Tailscale...
I pay for a year at a time for ease of use since they wouldn't save payment info when using port forwarding. And now since I last bought a years worth in May they turned off port forwarding and now make me drop the next 8 months of prepaid time if I'd want to use this feature (that I've been waiting for for years).
fortunately it doesn't matter at all unless you've stacked up a lot of prepaid months at Mullvad.