That’s not true. My VPN provider effectively masks my IP address and location from websites I visit regardless or whether or not I trust them. And on top of that, I’ll take a VPN provider that encrypts my traffic and claims not to keep logs and hasn’t been proven to lie over an ISP that actively monitors my traffic any day of the week.

It’s not a service that allows me to pirate, it’s a service that allows me to be more private. The torrenting is a side-effect.