A bit less private because things are going through one fewer hop, in addition to having to sign up. In my experience with Invisiv, it’s much faster and more reliable than Tor, but slower and much less stable than a traditional VPN.
It would be cool if more commercial VPN companies adopted this kind of tech.
It’s because of the difference in credentials. One is a website positing as having both privacy and cryptocurrency investment advice services, and the other is a random Lemur