Furry Technologists

It took me an entire year to realize your reply was also a link to an argument. I thought you were just stating your conclusion without bothering to explain, and was more than a little irritated. Sorry.

The main thesis of the linked article is that a VPN is a glorified proxy, but that's what I've always viewed commercial VPNs as -- proxy-as-a-service. The word "proxy" hadn't been at the forefront of my mind but it was the same mental model. And that's the only reason I've used (and still use) them. And that is consistent with the statements in my original reply. I can look at companies that advertise themselves as proxy services to see if I can get a better deal, but my current VPN plan comes with my current cloud storage plan, so unless I change that (which I am considering), it doesn't save me any money to switch.