Ye who have little faith!!
I bought a 3 year Windscribe Pro deal for under £10, and shortly after a lifetime VPN Unlimited deal for £13, that was more than 18 months ago, both are still working exactly as on day one, meaning they are similar to PIA for my purposes, and which I had before.
The way to look at it, is to ask yourself how many months do these deals need to last for you to be satisfied, given the alternatives available to you. 3 months? 6 months?
What I do not understand is people are yet happy to pay a couple of quids a month for VPN. Or worse buy one of those packaged vpn router deals, which turn the router into a paperweight when you stop subscribing - you are much better off buying a cheap (c£20-£30) GLi router, and put one of these cheap vpn subs on.
As a matter of fact nowadays, with Sat subs (VM unavailable at address unfortunately), I simply look up the cheapest deals (meaning £1.99 for 12 months) sold by the most reliable sellers on ebay (meaning close to 100% feedback, and have been in business for well over a year), then pick two, bung both on oscam, sit back, and let oscam pick the fastest server for the channel I am watching at the time. This strategy has been working perfectly fine for over a year now. £3.98 a year is not bad for Sat subs, including belt and braces, eh?
Hope that helps.