I noticed similar things but never on wifi. I have used an Austrian sim card in other EU countries, and whenever I connect to a VPN server with the “Fastest” profile, it will connect me to an Austrian server every time.
I guess it makes sense but I still don’t fully understand why local servers aren’t considered faster. Anyway I never had an issue with wifi. Maybe you aren’t actually connected to the wifi somehow?
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