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What irks me about this is the disingenuous concern trolling in the title:

> Aiding to break habits

If mullvad's intention with these blocklists is to help break habits, then why is the focus solely on gambling and adult content? Alcohol and nicotine 'habits' far surpass porn and gambling habits, so why is there no option to break habits by blocking, for example, smoking and drinking related content?

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Because you can gamble and see porn online, but you can't smoke or drink a website?

You can't "gamble or porn a website" either. But alcohol and nicotine companies have an online footprint, and you can buy alcohol and nicotine online.

Or in other words, there is web content that directly facilitates other 'habits' that are way more prevalent than gambling or adult content, so it stands to reason that if the intention is to break habits, the initial focus should be on the most prevalent habits.

I'd actually argue that adult content is way more prevalent than nicotine, and likely moreso than alcohol.

Researchers trying to study the effects of porn use (in college males if I remember right) struggled to get a control group because they couldn't find anyone who didn't use porn

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