This quote is very telling of journalism today. Many internet publications and YouTube videos are just listcle machines and company marketing hype generators with very little actual investigative work.
Even mainstream channels that I consider decent like LinusTechTips very often stretch something that could be said in 2:30 minutes into a 10+ minute long video, making me feel like I'm wasting my time when I could read a few different articles in that same timespan and be better informed.
Not to mention the typical bullshit overselling of the capabilities of a VPN, while realistically for the average user the most useful thing about a VPN is being able to watch region locked content and torrent movies without getting a letter from their ISP. For any serious need for privacy using something like the Tor network is the best choice.