Algo and self-hosted VPN in general is only good for some applications though. - IPSec will be blocked on many places where port 443/TCP isn't and OpenVPN or s

Algo and self-hosted VPN in general is only good for some applications though. - IPSec will be blocked on many places where port 443/TCP isn't and OpenVPN or similar could work. So it's not ideal for free wifi, enterprise or school networks. - You will still get DMCA takedowns from your datacenter or cloud provider if you don't choose one carefully - You're limited to a single IP so if you're using it for a scraper and get blocked, you have no option of just clicking next IP. Commercial VPN providers are often able to hit all these points.