There's incentive to use VPN beyond the simple matter of anonymity. I, for example, often work/connect from Starbucks, and their wi-fi is not encrypted, and any

There's incentive to use VPN beyond the simple matter of anonymity. I, for example, often work/connect from Starbucks, and their wi-fi is not encrypted, and anything with Wi-fi monitor capability can pretty much scan all the traffic going through. (Theoretically, someone with a malicious motive can scan your traffic at VPN end, but what I'm talking about here is more of an unmanageable risk of someone with Wireshark at the range of WI-fi. Using the same with Tor is probably a bad idea, as potentially, anyone operating exit nodes can potentially log the traffic.) Especially in the case your work really doesn't offer real VPN to their corporate network, it is the next best thing to have. (Especially when they are affordable) You could have VPN looped through your home, but in this age of bandwidth capping, it is getting a less appealing option.