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They don't give you complete privacy, no. On the other hand, if what you're concerned about is your workplace seeing that you're fucking off at work, or a Hollywood studio suing you for pirating a 20 year old television show that isn't available to buy or stream, well, a VPN is just fine. In regards to piracy, it obfuscates a lot of your internet behavior from your ISP, so they aren't able to easily track what you're doing either.
If I was worried about gov't level threats, Tails, Tor, and public, unsecured WiFi would be the only thing I'd be using.