Early this month my Proton subscription ended. Instead of paying for one year more I decided to rent a VPS for 20$ per year (my Proton subscription costs 80$ per year now). It took 4 hours to setup wireguard server, configure port forwarding and update my clientside stuff accordingly. So far I’ve transferred 1.7 TB of data through this VPS (in a bit less than 2 weeks). It might be slightly slower than some Proton VPN servers, but it’s still very fast and decent enough for me. It’s easier than it seems and you get much lower prices, decent speeds, and more flexibility. You need to be a bit careful with VPS selection though: country where it’s hosted, their bandwidth and hardware.