The problem with VPN services, at least when used to circumvent regional restrictions, is that a lot of other people do the same thing, and the VPN provider end

The problem with VPN services, at least when used to circumvent regional restrictions, is that a lot of other people do the same thing, and the VPN provider ends up getting blocked. I've never had that problem when using SSH. Also, with SSH, I own both the client and server, and setting it up is extremely easy. Setting up a VPN, when you do own both client and server, takes more effort, I think.