I think it's more that the companies producing flash storage have shifted their focus to ssds and therefore lowered the supply of SD cards ?

Yeah the rom is most likely the reason. Give aurora store a try

uBlock is better

Unfortunately isn't a thing because apple

Fennec with Ublock Origin/ AdNauseam extension

Double tap empty space on the home screen

You should give Endeavour OS a try

Quilt

So zero rupees?

Your phone is encrypted by default, there's practically no way to not let it encrypt without unlocking the bootloader.

Older phones that came out before the default encryption was standard were the ones that had the option to encrypt the phone or let it remain decrypted.

If you own a smartwatch that supports tap to pay, you can use that instead.

Not Macbooks though surprisingly.