It simple depends on your needs.
I personally use Signal, I donated to Signal, and even if it's not perfect, I think it's a great project.
I also have SimpleX installed for "anonymous" conversations with strangers.
And that's it.
I think what you really need is threat modeling. It seems like you're currently trying to protect yourself against anything and everything. That's not necessarily wrong, but it stresses you out and overwhelms you. And it's ultimately not really beneficial either. I suggest reading the guide from PrivacyGuides.org and other resources. Ente and Proton also recently wrote a blog post about it.
Bad research. Brave and Vivaldi will continue the support for MV2 extension, the CEO of Brave said they will continue the support even if they have to host the code themself.
Remember, it's Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. Not angels.
In Germany there are laws in place which forbid filming or taking pictures of others without their consent. It's called the "Right to your own picture". There are exceptions, for example when you take a picture of a famous building with hundreds of people in front of it.
I think you haven't understood the difference between privacy, and total anonymity, do you?
You can't compare Lavabit to Proton.
And you can't compare urself to Edward Snowden.
I think it's not the services fault that people aren't aware of the limits of encrypted services. They are not going to shut everythin' down just for a few people, if you need smth anonymous Proton is not for you.
Also, it's your task to have good opsec. If you give your iCloud email to Proton which has personal information sticked to it, your fault.
It won't make any difference. It actually could potentially make you more fingerprintable, since your IP adress is no longer shared with many other people depending on the VPN you're using, etc.
At the end of the day, VPNs are not necessary to be not tracked, since your IP adress changes regulary, but it can be helpful in some scenario's and it's not harmful either, aslong your provider is not a bad actor.
I rly don't know what it is ;-;
I actually never heard of Lutris before, could you please provide me some links, etc. so I can get into it?
I don't really know what you mean by "other means", let's say Hogwarts Legacy for example. How could I acquire it otherwise, besides buying it for a console?
Alright.