I installed leechblock extension. I was also finding myself scrolling shorts and clicking youtube videos aimlessly. Set leechblock to only give me 30 min a day and unused time rolls over. Turns out, I don't need it as much as I do.
Really just depends on the context but generally it isn't what you think it means and it's simply your personal interpretation. You have to assume people are well intentioned or you start having trust issues. Most people don't see themselves as the asshole and I guarantee you do shit that pisses other people off even if you mean well.
Filen.io is decent. Client is open source and storage is locally encrypted. They claim to use zero knowledge tech on their end.
Additionally, look into rclone to upload and automatically encrypt data to cloud providers. This way, cloud providers can't access your data regardless.
Eggs themselves, not many if at all. The issue is when it comes to baking, while not often, can consume through a whole dozen or more in a single week, specially in the winter. Wanting to find alternatives, I hear applesauce is good.
What vpn are you using? Could always split tunnel.