Would internet services be subject to, let’s say Swiss privacy laws, if you were connected to a Swiss server from your VPN? And if they do, would it make that much of a difference that it’s worth the occasional hassle of having to change the language and region?
https://ping.mudfish.net/
You basically want to run a ping test, against a variety of endpoints globally. And then look at the graph to see if there’s any outliers or interesting ones. And you will find some. Not all routing is the most efficient.