First of all, however much you do or don't trust your VPN provider, it's almost certainly a million times more trustworthy than Comcast/CenturyLink/Verizon/whatever. Most consumers have one or perhaps two broadband providers, but there are countless VPN providers and many, especially the ones you pay an honest rate, have a far more honest business model than your ISP.
Second, the security threats of your local wifi network and the backend your VPN connects to are not the same. They both have threats, but very different ones and the trade-offs are not equal.
It's probably worth saying you should only use a VPN from a reputable company that derives income only from its paying users. It's true that they don't provide you total anonymity, but that was never the point.
Most of all, if you want network neutrality, use a VPN. Then all your traffic over your ISP is the same and they can't do any deep packet inspection.
1.) Route traffic over hostile connections like shady Starbucks wifi etc
2.) Spoof your geolocation to route around censorship imposed by an ISP. e.g: my residential IP wont allow me to connect to thepiratebay.org
And that's it. Many VPN services suggest you should use them for privacy, but remember $5.00 per month is enough to pay for a lawyer's cup of coffee and not his/her legal fees
First of all, however much you do or don't trust your VPN provider, it's almost certainly a million times more trustworthy than Comcast/CenturyLink/Verizon/whatever. Most consumers have one or perhaps two broadband providers, but there are countless VPN providers and many, especially the ones you pay an honest rate, have a far more honest business model than your ISP.
Second, the security threats of your local wifi network and the backend your VPN connects to are not the same. They both have threats, but very different ones and the trade-offs are not equal.
It's probably worth saying you should only use a VPN from a reputable company that derives income only from its paying users. It's true that they don't provide you total anonymity, but that was never the point.
Most of all, if you want network neutrality, use a VPN. Then all your traffic over your ISP is the same and they can't do any deep packet inspection.