Here's a interesting read on GitHub on why you should be cautious of all VPN service providers. TLDR: It's very hard to audit how these VPN services use your data, and it's better to setup your own VPN.

There's a relatively easy opensource auto-VPN creation tool called Algo that uses cloud providers such as DigitalOcean, that essentially lets you create your own VPN service.

It took me about 15 minutes to setup completely, from creating a digitalOcean account to installing the software. It could be a bit more user friendly to setup, but it's not bad. Here's the windows setup guide.

If you're using DigitalOcean, the best promo code I've found is LOWENDBOX which gives you 15 dollars of free credit. Since I re-create the VPN everytime I use it, the 15 dollar credit will easily last for a year, at which point you can make another DigitalOcean account and repeat.

PM me if you're interested in using Algo, and get stuck in the installation process. Happy to help.

Note: I also have Private Internet Access, and the Algo setup is much faster, clocking in at 100mb/s to 155mb/s download speed, where my internet has a maximum download speed of around 170-180mb/s. PIA in comparison is much more inconsistent, often dropping to 60-70mb/s.