A caution about using VPN. Generally you will be blocked from online purchasing with most vendors.
..........
Content will be slower, in some cases, much slower to upload and download. Often, big files will time out.
..........
The ISPs used by VPN servers are well known and easy to block by Netflix, Hulu, etc.
............
China, Iran, Russia, Syria, Egypt, and Turkey block VPN services.
I very much agree, sadly having time to slowly go through the pro and con list of comms at this point in time is difficult, people and not foolish and can read deeper into subjects and ask here for answers, My efforts along with yours and others is to let people know that they do have heople here helping, and they as Not alone.
Respects for your posting as you have.
Ralf