bastardsheep, Despite having owned a sub to a VPN company for years (and these days using tailscale to VPN back to my home network), I still preference my own mobile data over public/hotel wifi with a VPN running.
Here's one good reason for doing that.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/05/why-your-vpn-may-not-be-as-secure-as-it-claims/