What's the difference?
The truth is that in both cases, we could encrypt our connection, from antivirus programs that offer VPN services to free downloadable Android apps or even Chrome extensions.
A VPN service must offer at least one server where the user can connect securely, which entails costs and expenses for the service provider. There's a saying that essentially describes the problem: When a service is free, you are the product. It's not surprising that, after logging your connection usage, they can deliberately sell your data, since a free service excludes them from any contractual relationship where there is no privacy policy that can guarantee the service.
Users' personal information is a very important currency; it has great value, as you can become a target for spam.
Although they are offering you a security service, you are actually compromising your security with a free service, as you are placing an intermediary between your device and the internet, whose true intentions you don't know.
Your security comes first
In our case, VPN prices are affordable, and we provide the guarantee and support that has distinguished us for years, as we work using OpenVPN, L2TP, or LTPP connection protocols that fully encrypt your connection, masking it.
You can run tests after connecting, view your IP and location, and remain anonymous to your Internet service provider (such as Movistar, Entel, Claro, VTR, or others).
Among the different uses you can give it, the following stand out: content consumption, video calls, social networks, videos, among others.