To some extent it will be more credible, but the usual "Past Behavior is No Guarantee of Future Performance" type caveats are going to apply regardless. I know

To some extent it will be more credible, but the usual "Past Behavior is No Guarantee of Future Performance" type caveats are going to apply regardless. I know I certainly don't have the time, inclination, or frankly the expertise, to keep abreast of the internal developments in a VPN provider's business, which will likely be private anyway, as well as the evolving legal/regulatory framework wherever they operate. Similarly, policies regarding logs or data retention can evolve over time, one of course has to trust that any retention policy disclosed in public is actually adhered to in private. If you really are someone who has to give serious consideration to the risk of logs being pulled, I'm not sure any commercial third party provider is a "safe" option.