content: Then you were overly alarmist for months. The major use of VPN services is to evade geographical restrictions on video. The media companies use IP addresses to restrict access to their videos, so their chosen regional distributor can jack up prices. YouTube does this regularly. Bizarrely, the BBC often restricts distributors from showing its content in Britain. That's why VPN services are so heavily promoted on YouTube. The Hydraulic Press Channel even explains this from time to time.