There really isn’t a way to access clearnet sites privately, at least up to state actor standards. If your goal is avoiding surveillance due to, for example, being a hated minority in an increasingly hostile country, a vpn isn’t going to save you any more than tor would. Simply leaving the clearnet would be the solution. The more that do the less ability any of the surveillance state has to spy on anyone.

So in other words, burnout is absolutely not the problem, capitalism is.

i2p would be the alternative if you want actual privacy away from five eyes. Or a decent amount of speed.

To be clear, FAA(N)G is netflix, not nvidia. It’s an acronym originally used for bay area tech employees as a list of the top companies that look good on a resume, as well as investment.

It is much, much older than nVidia’s relevance in the wider market.