Assuming it were true, what does that mean for you now? Should I just capitulate,put up with it and try to give a f about what happens with my data?

you should take a look at the article linked by @[email protected] down below

Verry good article.

But with individuals, when someone shares their excitement for data privacy, when someone shares their PrivacyProduct™️ recommendation that, even if imperfect, is still a great tool without misleading information, then we should all celebrate and support this.

This. 100%. We can and should point out imperfections, but we shouldn’t stomp an improvement it into the ground just because it is not 100% perfect.

I run a small PC (ProLian Gen10) with a power consumtion of 40W 24/7. What is your upload speed? Are the torrents you want to seed even wanted? If nobody needs to download them, you wont upload much. Does your VPN supports Port forwarding?