I know, and I fully understand if you stay far away from PIA for those reasons. But like I said, PIA has proven (in court) that they actually provide anonymity.

I know this was all a big deal when PIA was taken over, and everybody was afraid PIA would be ruined. But none of that happened. Maybe it’s just a matter of time, who knows.

PIA has port forwarding and have proven not to log user data too.

You could buy a refurbished one

I use both and let the “arr suite” decide which one to chose. I mainly use torrents for international stuff like movies, usenet for local (Dutch) stuff like TV series.

Why don’t you host your own server? You need as much as NUC or Raspberry Pi even combined with a couple of harddisks or SSD’S.

I have tried Docker and some alternatives, but I think I’m too stupid to understand them. Proxmox is really straightforward and relatively noob friendly. It’s also very reliable. It just works every time.