An issue is that they're sold as a way to stop your ISP tracking what you're doing.
But why would I trust a random company with this information over an ISP, who yes aren't always angels, but at least are somewhat accountable.
But why would I trust a random company with this information over an ISP, who yes aren't always angels, but at least are somewhat accountable.
ISPs often have captive markets and have enough political sway to grant them said captive markets. VPN companies have none of that, and live or die based on their reputation, so they arguably have more of an incentive to behave well. Meanwhile some ISPs have even admitted to selling your traffic for marketing purposes or are forced by the government to keep records. There's plenty of shady VPN companies out there, and not all ISPs are scummy and sell your info, but there's quite a bit of range between the scummiest ISP and the best VPN, and for a subset of people using VPNs definitely makes sense.
Guess.
Guess.