If you roll your own VPN on AWS or the like, don't you lose the benefit of sharing the VPN with thousands of users I believe there is the alternate option of s

If you roll your own VPN on AWS or the like, don't you lose the benefit of sharing the VPN with thousands of users I believe there is the alternate option of setting up your own VPN . Instead of using AWS, you could set it up on an additional router or on your PC/pi wherein you'd lose the advantage of anonymity amongst other users but your information is still encrypted to be acceptably safe.