A VPN provider who wouldn't be subject to a search warrant? I suppose only one operating from a country where warrants aren't required for a search by police, but that would presumably be much worse.
What's happened here is the best way it could possibly go. A warrant was needed which meant prosecutors / police had to meet a certain bar to conduct a search, and when the search happened the data does not exist anyway. That's exactly what you want from a VPN. This isn't "a shame", it's cause of celebration that the process actually worked and the provider can clearly demonstrate that.
I guess the only alternative would be a country which passes a law saying that VPN data (or something including VPN data) could never be searched, but that's extremely unlikely of any country at the moment.
What's happened here is the best way it could possibly go. A warrant was needed which meant prosecutors / police had to meet a certain bar to conduct a search, and when the search happened the data does not exist anyway. That's exactly what you want from a VPN. This isn't "a shame", it's cause of celebration that the process actually worked and the provider can clearly demonstrate that.
I guess the only alternative would be a country which passes a law saying that VPN data (or something including VPN data) could never be searched, but that's extremely unlikely of any country at the moment.