Ask HN: What are good VPS options for running private VPNs?

"No privacy concerns".... you're dreaming if you think you won't have "privacy concerns" in Russia or whatever. In fact being able to see the endpoint of the traffic you're trying to conceal while having your billing address will put a big target on your head.

I see that you operate a movie recommendation website.

Do you want a VPS provider that ignores copyright complaints?

Do you care if the VPS is on the other side of the planet so web browsing through it will add a noticeable amount of lag?

You mention "five eyes", if three letter agencies are your threat model then I think that having much confidence that you are out of their reach requires more effort than a $10 vps. The big cheap VPS companies use the usual big carriers that the USA has power over and probably half the websites you look at are MITMed by cloudflare.

If you prefer to not give a VPS company a real name and address then there are loads that accept cryptocurrency payment, which is a whole different hassle.

For a web browsing VPN I like regvps Switzerland location.

Years ago, for torrenting without copyright complaints I liked xserver.ua using their Ukraine datacenter, they were in an active war zone for a while, I don't know how reliable they are since the Russians invaded.

For web browsing, an option that is less subject to being blocked by lots of websites is Scaleways NAT gateways. Scaleway charge by the hour so spinning up a VPN server just when you need it can be very cheap but it is complicated to use and like AWS it is possible to accidentally run up a huge bill.