I use Proton VPN's free plan; I can't afford Proton Unlimited right now, but I can't give up my Proton Pass subscription and they don't allow you to have multiple subscriptions unless you get the Unlimited one which is $8+/month. The free VPN doesn't let you choose what country to connect from, unfortunately. It's totally random.
That said, I did get minibits working for the zaps at least. Taking it one thing at a time haha