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1. Security on a public wifi.

2. Playing games on the internet with creeps who will dig through IP logs for my location. Yes, they can fingerprint my device, but device is easier to change and safer than location info.

3. Tricking Netflix into thinking I'm in Australia so I can watch Rick & Morty.

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I hate that 2) is a thing, especially if you have a console that just does P2P matchmaking assisted by the server for NAT punching. My friends that play CoD or similar quite literally get attacked off the internet for winning rounds at least every single night they play more than an hour or so, it's that low of a bar of entry.

Certain MMOs I play run along the span of years. It's literally easier to get some people to delete their account than to beat them in game. Game admins and clan leaders are sometimes attacked to overturn decisions.

Why does it protect you on public Wi-Fi? Won’t MitM just be between you and the VPN?

If you're questioning whether it's trivial to MitM a VPN connection, no it's not.

To my understanding, the VPN I use (Mullvad) encrypts all packets that go to them. It's not just a proxy.

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