Not really. NordVPN and all the other janky services in that space do a couple things adequately, you can pretend to be from another country and get some duck-

Not really. NordVPN and all the other janky services in that space do a couple things adequately, you can pretend to be from another country and get some duck-and-cover on things like torrents, if your ISP doesn't like that kind of thing. I'm in the same boat, basically. Would it be nice to have a VPN which takes actual security seriously? Sure, of course, but until the end of the year, what $VPN does do is paid for, and I don't care enough, in isolation, about what Mullvad offers vs what I'm getting for free. Next time my wallet comes out is a different story.