There are three legitimate use cases for a VPN of some sort, one of which is well solved by using a browser extension like https everywhere and enabling dns ove

There are three legitimate use cases for a VPN of some sort, one of which is well solved by using a browser extension like https everywhere and enabling dns over https in a modern browser. 1. Coffee shop WiFi: if an adversary ARP poisons your WiFi hotspot (or is the coffee shop owner), and you are browsing http websites, you can get owned pretty easily. This can be solved through things other than a VPN (see above). 2. Bypassing region locks 3. Piracy. If you live in a region where your ISP will snitch on you, using a VPN gives you some safety from that, especially if your VPN provider knows little about who you are, and couldn’t really snitch on you if it tried (see Mullvad paid in cash for instance). Most VPN providers will just throw out copyright infringement notices.