Authoritarianism.

That’s one small use case. There are many other legitimate uses for them. Seems a bit odd to be so against them because they might possibly be used for nefarious purposes. Have you personally been victimized by a VPN user?

What’s wrong with VPNs for personal use? Serious question; I’ve never seen someone opposed to them.

User @brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com explained the differences pretty well in this comment.