Also in some countries some torrent websites are blocked and a VPN gives access to these too. It's also useful to watch TV channels in other countries since the

Also in some countries some torrent websites are blocked and a VPN gives access to these too. It's also useful to watch TV channels in other countries since they are often geo-blocked. In other countries like China there's no question that a VPN is useful. Actually whoever wrote this article seems a bit clueless about why a VPN is useful. They suggest setting up your own on a VPS but doing this in China will get your server blocked right away. That's why a third party is useful since they can offer various IPs in many countries and quickly setup new servers when they get blocked.