A lot of the focus of VPN discussion centers around logging, and around whether their provider is prepared to hole themselves up in their compounds like Branch

A lot of the focus of VPN discussion centers around logging, and around whether their provider is prepared to hole themselves up in their compounds like Branch Davidians to protect their info. That misses the point. If the government wants to hack you, steal your traffic, etc, they can, VPN or not, 'no-log' VPN or not. The point behind consumer-level VPNs is more to prevent the ISP-level tracking, the ad-targeting, etc, and to keep out hackers and get around government/institution blockers. For this, whatever well-reviewed service will do.