I'd like to hear more about benefits for daily use and not in advertisement form or with someone's X% off code as I see that as purely selling something (stares

I'd like to hear more about benefits for daily use and not in advertisement form or with someone's X% off code as I see that as purely selling something (stares hard at content creators). Regarding the features/weaknesses you list, my perspective is: Speed - gotta be slower than without since its pushing your network traffic through somewhere else and/or encrypting it. Encryption and re-routing isn't a time-free computation. Gaming is probably impacted by this, especially if I already deal with NAT inside the LAN for multiple people/systems. Security - I want to understand more practical use cases around this. Do all VPN's mask your traffic to your ISP? What are practical uses for a VPN with security features for someone that isn't downloading content or using streaming services from other countries? UI - meh. If I can figure out my router and other crappy UI's built w/o good design/UX I can figure out a VPN's UI. Location - I can't think of practical use cases where I care to change/spoof my internet location. Paying $2-13/month for something needs to have some hard, practical benefits and I can't see what they are for a VPN. What do HNers use it for?