[RandomGerm4n]

In many countries, a VPN provider can be significantly more trustworthy than an ISP. In Germany, for example, you can have your home searched simply for insulting a politician. The ISP will then immediately hand over the data to the authorities, which most VPN providers do not do. The same goes for torrents. If some random law firm sends a letter to Telekom saying, “Hey, your customer downloaded a movie please give us his data,” they’ll do it right away. Mullvad, ProtonVPN, or even dubious VPN providers like NordVPN don’t do that.

[wg0]

That's very simplistic assumption. If the German state machinery is determined to get you, ISP and VPN provider have a threshold beyond which they'll give up.

Many many examples out there. "We don't keep logs" is not good enough neither realistic because how else a VPN provider is supposed to protect itself if it doesn't keep a log of what's happening inside and through its own systems.

[majorchord]

Protect itself from what? They're not responsible for what their users do online.

[ignoramous]

That's a misconception. They are indeed responsible if they don't comply with laws that require them to log (to collect evidence, as one example: https://www.bakermckenzie.com/en/insight/publications/2026/0...).