A VPN is virtual PRIVATE network, a "commercial VPN" where the customer just have a client, and the server is from someone else means being in the service priva

A VPN is virtual PRIVATE network, a "commercial VPN" where the customer just have a client, and the server is from someone else means being in the service private network, or choosing to put a personal device on someone else LAN to be more direct and clear. A VPN is logic if one have a homeserver and do want to connect from home while being outside, for instance to filter their own craphone traffic, accessing Home Assistant without exposing it too much on the internet and so on. A VPN is logic for similar reasons for a company with nomadic workers. The sole reason for using a "commercial VPN" is having a glorified proxy for accessing some geoblocked content, fully knowing that you have all your traffic diverted to someone else machine, perhaps with a proprietary client on you won machine and with high privileges. That's is. There is NO EXTRA SAFETY for commercial VPN in privacy terms, except being sure that your own traffic would be monitored easily by third parties than by your own ISP, typically third parties hosted in some other countries while your ISP is local, so under local laws...