[golergka]

This is a pretty printing article that completely misses one of the main reasons to use VPN: browsing resources blocked in your country. I use VPN to open LinkedIn and watch West wing on Netflix, and I couldn't care less about who gets to know about it.

[Causality1]

Also bypassing throttling like cell carriers limiting video bandwidth to a small fraction of normal speeds. The article also ignores the multiple VPN providers who have been subpoenaed in court and replied that they have no logs. So either they don't log or they're willing to lie to a judge on their customer's behalf.

I feel like every few months one of these holier-than-thou anti-VPN articles hits HN where the author completely ignores the real demographics and use cases of commercial VPNs and acts like our primary concerns are ISPs finding out what color of underwear we like. Most people use VPNs to watch Netflix and steal Game of Thrones. They don't leave them turned on because they noticeably increase browsing and gaming lag.

[madaxe_again]

Yup, this is my use case. I live way out in the middle of nowhere, and our internet is LTE - and the provider traffic shapes like crazy, depending on content and time of day.

The VPN sidesteps all of that, and allows me to use the full speed of the connection - otherwise we’re throttled to about 40%.

Yes, I could and probably will set up my own endpoint, but for less than a dollar a month this is just an easy and cheap solution, for now.

[hawkoy]

Unless you are a high profile target, the most important factor would be whether you trust it more than your ISP (which you should in most part of the world).