Indeed. VPNs were originally created to allow secure remote connections to and between LANs. The whole privacy thing is a by-product, and they're not that great at it.
Tor exists and is far better at providing privacy.
Tor is far to easily blocked, and given that a great number of nodes are compromised, it is likely it is far worse at providing privacy than some self-hosted vpn on some cheap hosting.
Tor exists and is far better at providing privacy.