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Not for anything bad, just sort of tired of all the data mining going and lack of online privacy in the world today.
Is there a trustworthy and good one to use?
Note: You can use Tor to hide your IP (some services block Tor, unfortunately)
Whats the upside of keeping your IP hidden?
There's not too much reason to use a VPN (for web browsing) outside of that imho. The privacy gains are at the cost of a single point of failure and its just a matter of time until EvilCo acquires your favorite VPN.
Whats the upside of keeping your IP hidden?
You can run your own VPN server easily enough.
What do you recommend setting up?
I paid for a VPN a few years ago, Windscribe ... I do not recommend, no sooner had a week gone by I found it pointless at any public hot spots in my locale - no real connection - no bandwidth. I wrote a few times to support but got nothing back except shrugs, maybe reinstall etc. When I need to, I now use a ssh tunnel via a server (actually a seedbox that allowed access to cli tools) which was about $5 usd a month. Though a lot more expensive for my needs it beats a ssh server account.
If you're worried about data mining while surfing, a way to go might be a BaaS (Browser as a service.) There's a bunch of "like" services that are quite expensive but a few months ago I managed to track down a couple where were affordable for someone who was vaccination in an area with little bandwidth. I can't vouch for any so I won't post any links to them, but I've seen at least one recently as low as $5 usd a mon…