Remember, companies generally don't want to do more work unless it will make them money or they absolutely have to.

They could log to sell it, which is what many ads I've seen claim American ISPs do.

That said, if you want to be as private as possible for a VPN, look into Mullvad. They accept plenty of options for payment, each with their benefits and drawbacks and don't require any information from you besides that. They can only really track you if they know who you actually are. not being able to connect the history to the person is a decent step in stopping that.

This certainly beats the alternative, but they do know your IP. So while they may not know who you are, anyone trying to go after you for Wrongthink will.

And besides, even if it is ultimately not worth it, I'd still do it just to make the job of the officers just a little bit harder. Fuck em, if you're trying to put me in jail for speech I'm more than happy to be petty as fuck over it.

That's not even petty, it's good strategy. The way to discourage this sort of thing is to make it as hard as possible. Some say they go after 'hate speech' because they are easy prosecutions.,