[ndsipa_pomu]

It might help short term profit, but ultimately a VPN company relies on their customers trusting it, so spying is likely to hurt them - once a reputation gets trashed their customers are going to switch.

Government compliance depends on which government has jurisdiction, so it makes a lot of sense to avoid authoritarian jurisdictions.

e.g. NordVPN was originally Lithuanian, but is now based in Panama due to its privacy-friendly laws.

[nomel]

> It might help short term profit, but ultimately a VPN company relies on their customers trusting it

I read that as, the best long term financial move would be to secretly work with the government. ;)