Just changing your IP address is far from the only reason to use a VPN. Personally, I'd consider it more of a secondary effect. If you're on an untrusted networ

Just changing your IP address is far from the only reason to use a VPN. Personally, I'd consider it more of a secondary effect. If you're on an untrusted network, it lets you pipe your data out to another location. I'm not sure what the point of your comment is, since it doesn't apply to the information in the shared post.