[GTP]

But then you're shifting your trust from your ISP to the VPN provider. So it makes sense only if you have good reasons to not trust your ISP. Personally I only use a VPN when I'm connected to a public WiFi network.

[yencabulator]

Many ISPs have a track record of e.g. injecting ads in plain text HTML, in the days before ubiquitous TLS.

Meanwhile, Mullvad has no idea who bought that scratchable one-time payment coupon, and we have pretty decent faith in them not logging metadata about your tracking for later study. The Mullvad server I am connecting to is claimed to be operating 100% without persistent storage.

[plaguepilled]

Depending on your personal circumstances, this can be a dramatic improvement. Local ISP laws differ dramatically across countries.

VPNs won't let you evade the law, but they can reduce data footprint in certain contexts.

[x86x87]

if your VPN provider does not know who you are it's a better than your ISP.