Any reason not to recommend TunnelBear, which is Wirecutter's #1 recommendation? I don't use either of them so I don't have a horse in this race, just curious why you picked the #2 recommendation and not the #1.
I liked the e-mail-free sign-up and WireGuard support. It also seems marketed to moderately-technical users (setting up WireGuard on iOS is trivial). That makes it less likely to get acquired by scammers.