I currently use ExpressVPN and find it ok. In the past I've used Mullvad and AirVPN and tbh I think they were all fine.
However, I would probably trust a provider more if there has been an actual case where police tried getting the logs and the VPN provider gave them nothing.
For me I really distrust NordVPN because this provider is just so overshilled everywhere - like even on national TV NordVPN have ads, which for me is just a red flag.
Curious here to know what the consensus here is about the different VPN providers.
Not really. Both offer port forwarding and have real world tests of their no log policy but PIA is chaulk full of controversies. Including being owned by Kape, running a smear campaign against Proton, and hiring known scammers.
I haven't seen any real world tests for air, only what air have claimed, no external sources
The server seizure is still a real world test. If you chose not to believe it due to no outside confirmation that's totally fair.
Even so, I would argue there is no evidence of anything deceptive going on at AirVPN or any reason not to trust them whereas PIA has an objectively sketchy past and known awful ownership.
I'm an AirVPN user so obviously my opinion on this is not exactly objective.