[Mister_Snuggles]

If you want privacy, why not use a real VPN like IPSec or OpenVPN? Both work on every operating system and both are fairly easy, from the client perspective, to set up. If you want a VPN and are willing to pay a service provider for it, why would you not go this route?

On the client side, configuring an IKEv1 VPN (IKEv2 doesn't support Split DNS yet) in MacOS, iOS, and Android is a piece of cake. You specify the server, username, password, and pre-shared key. Done. If you want to use a certificate instead of a pre-shared key it's a bit more work, but still do-able.

With iOS devices you can provide a profile file that has all of the settings already baked in so it's even easier. OpenVPN is similar, though you need to install an OpenVPN client first.

[j88439h84]

Where do you run the server?

[Mister_Snuggles]

I don't understand the question.

With a use-case of "I'm paying a 3rd-party to secure my traffic", which matches what these "VPN" extensions claim to provide, then the answer is simply "Wherever the 3rd-party runs it".