I've been using the free subscriptions of ProtonMail and ProtonVPN for over a year now. Should I even consider upgrading to a paid subscription? If so, what factors decide upgrading to a paid version, say Plus/ Basic? 🤔

More countries. And multiple servers in a country. Based in Switzerland so probably strong on data sec. There's also secure tunneling I've read that make you connect to a country by routing you through another one hence adding to further security (maybe it's needed for some places so.