content: here is only one ideal VPN for americans to use  You're glowing, glowing... This is how the government controls you - steering you into one of their honeypots. We want thousands (millions?) of competing service providers, giving you full control (i.e. VPS), so you could set up a VPN/proxy relay between any number of them, with no one node having any power over you.  Nowadays your router goes out behind your back  Then it's not "your" router!  If it's mandotary provided by the ISP, then think of it as a part of your ISP - which is the #1 enemy when it comes to privacy.  except another open source hacker firewall in front of your router.  This shouldn't be a big deal.