I don't necessarily disagree with your points. In fact, I am in agreement [0]. My observation is that most VPN users use it for anti-censorship. And as for the

I don't necessarily disagree with your points. In fact, I am in agreement [0]. My observation is that most VPN users use it for anti-censorship. And as for the points Tory raised (VPNs as a security measure against phishing et al), most of them are better mitigated on-the-client like how Tor works so hard to mitigate browser fingerprinting on-the-client as well, for example. Of course, I never touched upon anti-surveillance, and if that's your threat-model, VPN is absolutely a necessity amongst a myriad of other things [1]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19603091 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19603091 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21601031 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21601031