Could be the case, I’m not sure. I live outside the US in a country where I don’t need to use one. Maybe I’m ignorant but Streamio isn’t like direct torrenting—afaik you don’t need a VPN at all, unless you require one for your entire connection regardless.

Strange, I use TorBox fine and pay the $5 a month but tbh Torrentio almost renders it pointless. I’d just use that. I don’t know anything about SurfShark.