Change of ownership a few years ago to a company with less stellar reputation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Internet_Access

Yes, and it's been covered extensively. The Wikipedia page and past discussion here are OK starting points if you find it worthwhile going down that rabbit hole.

I don't see why you'd want anything to do with them or their subsidiaries, unless your only research is googling "best VPN" and accepting the resulting misinformation at face value.