>Preference falsification is the act of communicating a preference that differs from one's true preference. The public frequently conveys, especially to researchers or pollsters, preferences that differ from what they truly want, often because they believe the conveyed preference is more acceptable socially.

The reason why the VPN business is booming is to avoid those pesky content infringement letters, and to workaround geo restrictions.

OP is upset that they advertise themselves as privacy tools, but that's just marketing.