>Protection from scummy ad tracking: Most people still do some research here albeit less carefully. But again, if you’re worried about ad tracking, wouldn’t you

>Protection from scummy ad tracking: Most people still do some research here albeit less carefully. But again, if you’re worried about ad tracking, wouldn’t you worry about a VPN aggressively advertising themselves? Importantly, most advertising and tracking does not care what your IP address is, and so a VPN does nothing here unless you can separate your cookies / hardware profile / etc.