Why does it have to be a VPN? If money is what they need they could establish a casino as they are rather profitable.. Not that I have anything against VPNs or

Why does it have to be a VPN? If money is what they need they could establish a casino as they are rather profitable.. Not that I have anything against VPNs or anything but its just another product. Why would a VPN service save the bacon? I know that sounds dickish because it is, but I want to make free software projects myself and I want free software to flourish. Yet to survive we have to invent entire side businesses just to keep it alive.