I think it's worth it, even if you put the political climate aside it helps to give you a bit of protection from loosing your data on public wifi and the like

i use nord ,there is a code GETNORDNOW i think it is that gives you a year at over 60% off.
£38 i paid for `12 months and i connect to aus for my afl ccount,usa for my nba,nfl account.
and in uk i always change my IP,even for normal usage.
infact as i type this im in denmark haha.
do not use hola or other free vpns,paid is only way imo