Private Internet Access vs Surfshark VPN

"Verifiable" zero access infrastructure- Some sort of infrastructure where users can verify PIA's no logging claims.

Basically i’ve been downloading music and movies from soulseek as well as 1337x for the better part of a year now of course always using a vpn that is configured properly. The other day my dad asked my what I was doing while I was downloading some new albums, I explained to him and he disapproved of it even after I explained it extensively. After he explained it to my mom they both had a long and serious conversation with me about how this could land them in jail and how I was jeopardizing our entire family along with everything they’ve worked for. They told me I need to remove all the music and movies off of my computer and never do it again

Private Internet Access here. NordVPN isn't too bad either when it comes to speeds. I've used both here for years, and no, they aren't free.

The same speed issues happen across a number of different SurfShark VPN servers that I’ve tried connecting to, although occasionally I’ll get lucky and get sustained downloads. Other times I’ll get nothing, i.e.