Anyone who can should backup their favorite channels with yt-dlp while you can. Don’t forget to embed the subtitles and metadata. I intend to put up torrents soon and others should as well. If you wish to support the original channel put document with links to patreon or whatever that creator uses.

I wouldn’t say forced. Most of them would pick the cheapest firm they can find in India that’ll open up more holes than they fix

Bootstrapping is definitely going to be an issue. There was news they are supposed to have federation working and released tomorrow. Right now there’s not even a client in the play store so I haven’t bothered with it.

Don’t fumble this loops. Now is the moment.

PIA is such a weird one. They’re massive and know what they’re doing but ownership and jurisdiction have always been questionable. I have long suspected they cooperate with GHCQ but only on legitimate national security cases not piracy.

ProtonVPN has been a known data miner for years now. Cryptostorm’s admins do know what they’re doing. If you want an audit see mullvad or ipredator