My phone has Google Fi VPN. This VPN doesn't do everything, but websites now think I'm in Mountain View. I am nowhere close. Is a VPN a better solution? I under

My phone has Google Fi VPN. This VPN doesn't do everything, but websites now think I'm in Mountain View. I am nowhere close. Is a VPN a better solution? I understand that Google might not be the best company to trust here, but they did give it to me for free and it is working fine.