The argument I use when someone asks me about paying and trusting non-US based VPN providers is this: I trust the VPN providers much more than any ISP I have a

The argument I use when someone asks me about paying and trusting non-US based VPN providers is this: I trust the VPN providers much more than any ISP I have available to me. That is all. I still don't trust the VPNs for super sensitive stuff. For that I'll setup my own somewhere.