benefit of hiding a user’s Internet Protocol address — which includes their general location — from the websites they visit.

Correct, but they go on to

But that’s no longer the problem it once was. Most browsers have quietly implemented an added layer of security in recent years that automatically encrypts internet traffic at most sites with a technology called HTTPS.

Uh, that's not how HTTPS works. Definitely does not hide a users IP address from websites they visit.

I'm as much interested in VPN use as anything to keep the nosy ISP data loggers out of my traffic. Because I trust the VPN provider to not log and sell my data more so than my ISP. Misplaced trust? Perhaps. I don't use VPN for everything anyway.