Computer Help and Support

THIS:
"When someone opts to install a VPN on their device, they are essentially choosing to trust their data with that company instead of their ISP or wireless carrier."

Would be more actually put like this:
"When someone opts to install a VPN on their device, they are essentially choosing to trust their data with that company IN ADDITION TO their ISP or wireless carrier. "

You cannot entirely 'get around' your ISP/wireless carrier being aware of your activities ... simply by using a VPN. You can make it harder for them to 'see' the actual data being transmitted in certain cases (vast majority of 'what you'd want to be private' data transfers these days are made via secure, encrypted HTTPS, and hence quite difficult for even your ISP to discern the content of, but a VPN will likely encrypt traffic on regular HTTP for you, and make it harder for your ISP to detect the content transferred in that case), but you are not likely going to hide from them 'where you're going on the Internet'.

If you think, for example, you're going to go to 'kidzpron.com' or some crap like that using a VPN, and your ISP won't know you went there? That's a BAD bet.

The rest of the article is great, and well worth considering.