Good:
* Better privacy from the intrusive ad motivated JS shit hole the internet has become.
* Faster internet for those on slow connections
* Protection from ISP MITM. Many countries now have mandatory data collection laws that ISPs have to follow.
* Better than a lot of shady 3rd party commercial VPN providers.
* Is opt-in (for now)
* Potential to reduce Google's dominance
Bad:
* Obvious MITM choke point, as you mentioned
* Potential control / monitoring by two large corporations
* Business goals usually override users.
Are you sure?
>a VPN baked into Edge appears to be turned on by default, but only for certain use cases.
Good:
* Better privacy from the intrusive ad motivated JS shit hole the internet has become.
* Faster internet for those on slow connections
* Protection from ISP MITM. Many countries now have mandatory data collection laws that ISPs have to follow.
* Better than a lot of shady 3rd party commercial VPN providers.
* Is opt-in (for now)
* Potential to reduce Google's dominance
Bad:
* Obvious MITM choke point, as you mentioned
* Potential control / monitoring by two large corporations
* Business goals usually override users.