Martijn My VPN decided to die on me. Not even hitting 1 Mbps. This is definitely not what I'm paying them for.

Mark Dain Never gave a VPN too much thought, what do you use it for? Netflix or just general internet traffic?

Martijn General internet. It hides my public IP as well as encrypts my traffic when I'm on public networks: around school or coffee shops.

Mark Dain Encryption I can understand (I'd still recommend HTTPS Everywhere incase your VPN provider keeps logs/collects data) but if you use it all the time you only end up with the IP of your VPN being associated with you. Does that give you more anonymity?

Martijn It does, you share the IP with others so anyone trying to track you ends up tracking a big number of users. Without your actual IP they cannot guesstimate your location or contact your ISP either.

Mark Dain They can't contact your ISP but what about your VPN provider?

Martijn A VPN provider that claims not to keep logs and secretly does can be sued for breach of contract. You have to trust them not wanting to get sued. (Also: go with older and well-established VPNs.) In comparison to ISPs who - in several countries - are legally bound to keep logs. And even if your VPN provider fails you are still left with the same protection by your ISP as you would have had without VPN, no loss there.