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I haven't really looked at that one, so I'll have to take a look and see what it can do (and what its limitations are). I saw that it containerizes software by default, and something like VPN software can't usually run in a simple container, since it usually tries to manage network connections, and would need unique permissions.
AFAIK it's based on Distrobox, which allows you to work in containers with access to key host services that you need, which I think should be sufficient for a VPN.
(In fact, for VPNs specifically Flatpaks are sufficient as well - I'm using Mozilla VPN via a Flatpak.)
Private Internet Access doesn't come as a flatpak, deb, or rpm, unfortunately. I'd have to build my own and come up with a way to automatically build it so I don't have to manually do it each time PIA releases a new update.
Podman containers via distrobox don't work well for PIA, for whatever reason, so if I decide to pursue that, I'll likely have to learn podman. I'm currently trying to install PIA during the build process of a custom uBlue image, and that has its own challenges.
Basically, PIA is making me consider switching to another provider just to be done with it. 😅
You might want to reconsider PIA anyway: https://restoreprivacy.com/kape-technologies-owns-expressvpn-cyberghost-pia-zenmate-vpn-review-sites/
I'm aware of the controversy. I haven't had issues, and neither has anyone else that has mentioned they use it (I would think if they were logging and selling user data, the Movie and Music industries would be customers #1 and #2, and we'd hear about ISP letters more often). Still, it's a factor to consider in one's threat model, and I would be lying if I said I was completely comfortable with their past.