I set the computers DNS, not the container … so everything on the computer will use Quad9, etc.

If it’s anything like Australia, it’s just a matter of not using the ISP’s DNS servers. eg. Use Quad9, CF, NextDNS, etc.

Professor Gerald Deemer would be proud …

Windscribe made an interactive VPN Relationship Map if you’re interested, besides listing all the connections between companies if you click on a provider it should list any publicly available cases where the logs handed over.

https://windscribe.com/vpnmap

Perhaps check out Robert Murray-Smith’s YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@ThinkingandTinkering