Does it work? What's the downside?
https://techjury.net/blog/benefits-of-vpn/Not sure I would class geo-spoofing as a 'positive' - it may be a grey-area, in some juristictions, but it is (effectively) a mild form of piracy if the service is FTA, or you're accessing an alternative form of your already paid-for account. Anything other than that is out-and-out piracy - which is just a polite word for theft.
You are also placing a great deal of trust in your VPN provider - even those who claim 'no-logging'. Assume records are being kept. Here, in the UK, we are protected by data laws (EU - GDPR equivalent) which allow more control over data. Would I rather hand over my online data to a juristriction with no such regulations? I use Firefox, but it is because of data protection that I disable Mozilla's DoH function - it would move my browsing record from my UK ISP (GDPR regulation) to Cloudflare (much lighter US regulation). The most obvious example of regulatory difference is cookies and use of data - visiting a site from the US you will just go straight on; here we have to be offered options as to what level of tracking, and so on, an individual will accept - from 'accept all' to 'reject all' (my choice every time).
I'm sure those who sail the high-seas, under the Jolly Roger, will call me a party-pooper - but, in today's online world, we should all take the care and control of our personal data seriously.