First I'm hearing of ObscuraVPN at least, but it does seem to be a very new player in the market. However from reading through their website and Github. This service does look very promising! Though it is slightly more expensive than Mullvad.

Anyone had the chance to test their service yet? Does it seem interesting to you? Let's discuss.

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

As I understand it, the "first hop" in Obscura's case would give them access to your IP address, but the identity of the destination server would be obscured until it was accepted by the second hop, Mullvad's server. In contrast, Mullvad's server would not see your IP address. (And, hoping you are visiting an HTTPS secured website, they would see the domain you are visiting but not the page contents.)

A helpful diagram is halfway down this page. I feel comfortable providing it, as this company is no longer in business AFAIK.

https://invisv.com/articles/decoupling-principle.html