It's probably less shady than a lot of the influencer sponsored VPNs, and all the free VPNs which are just data harvesting traps.
It's also good for advancing the idea of privacy as a default.
Should you use it if you're doing some Snowden level activity that's going to attract the attention of nation states? Obviously not.
Should you considering getting out of Apples ecosystem? Probably, yes. But I wouldn't encourage anyone to jump from iOS straight into Googles Android data harvesting operation. That's no improvement.