[alexander-litty]

>isn't that a result of your relationship with your isp?

Any ISP is allowed to sniff and manipulate packets, so this isn't just about my ISP -- it's the server's ISP as well as any entities in-between.

Even if I did (assuming that I reasonably could!) change my ISP, that's changing only one of the potentially many hostile actors.

>why wouldn't you use a vpn

That would require me to trust the connection between the VPN and the server.

Plus, then I would need to buy a VPN subscription :) Just serve HTTPS!

[ipaddr]

https gives your isp any domain name you visit. A vpn would hide that.

A vpn moves any legal situation into a country with different laws.