I use a VPN periodically to:

• Watch Netflix from different countries
• Look at how my employer's website appears and functions from different countries as a part of my job in marketing.
• Use some of my Bitcoin and Crypto wallets (I live in NYC and many crypto apps are IP blocked in NY due to the BitLicense).
• Trade and/or research certain crypto platforms that IP block US crypto users
• Use swap services that ban US crypto users
• When I am using public Wifi

The browser extension is the ultimate non-techie, intuitive, and user friendly way to turn on a VPN.