Proton VPN
Proton VPN is the strongest all-round choice for people who care about verifiability: every app is open-source, Securitum has repeated the no-logs review annually since 2022, and Switzerland's legal position is genuinely better than the marketing-flavoured 'outside 14 Eyes' claims elsewhere. The honest drawback is that a large share of that 148-country footprint is virtual servers routed through physical hardware elsewhere, so the coverage headline oversells the physical network. It is also mid-priced rather than cheap once the introductory term ends.
Where it is strong
Privacy-conscious users who want open-source apps, an annually repeated audit, and a genuinely usable free tier to test with before paying anything.
Where it is weak
The free tier is deliberately hobbled -- a handful of countries, no streaming, no P2P -- and Proton's server count is inflated by the same virtual-server accounting every large provider uses, so 20,500 servers across 148 countries does not mean 148 countries of physical hardware.
Reported to work with
Streaming access changes weekly on both sides. Treat this as a snapshot, never a guarantee.
Sources: protonvpn.com · protonvpn.com · cybernews.com