A VPN is almost always a waste of money if you are using it for privacy or security.
They are great tools for logging into a remote work site and getting things done as if you were there. And they are good at bypassing low-security location based firewalls.
But there are a million other ways to track you, and the information is for sale. So even if you use a VPN to hide the destination of your web traffic, and https to hide the content, your device ID, login cookies, MAC addresses, or other identifiable items will link you to one of your many advertiser profiles, and the bad-actor can just buy that and see where you've been.