But this buys you nothing in anonymity to the sites you visit. The IP you use to access the internet is still a single IP tied to you via a billing account with

But this buys you nothing in anonymity to the sites you visit. The IP you use to access the internet is still a single IP tied to you via a billing account with your cloud provider. A commercial VPN service NATs your connection out with thousands of other customers. So it all depends on what you want to use the VPN for.