There are all sorts of free VPNs.
If you or some horny teenager want to use a “free” VPN that is selling your a data and putting ads and malware on your computer to make money go ahead. In any case, the point is it now requires at least some level of effort before kids in Texas swamp their brain with endless porn on the most prominent commercial sites, which seems reasonable to me.
“There are all sorts of free VPNs.”
I use IP Vanish as my VPN provider. I believe it costs about 9 bucks a year. I use it with my Kodi framework and The Crew Add-on. I get every hockey game and any movie I want to see.