What should we require of VPN providers on macOS?

lyricism:

I don’t see where anything I wrote could possibly be construed as saying using a VPN via your router should be recommended against.

I don’t think I was implying you were. I was just curious as the way you worded your question to @polyester_apricot650 seems to pit the two options against each other but maybe this whole thing is a misunderstanding.