There's always someone in a position to acquire all your information. If it's not a VPN, it's an ISP. And ISPs have much weaker incentives not to step on the

There's always someone in a position to acquire all your information. If it's not a VPN, it's an ISP. And ISPs have much weaker incentives not to step on the needs of the few. Most ISPs get to stay in business no matter how many scandals embroil them.