You are asking in the privacy comm so the answer is mullvad.

You are asking for someone to say nord though.

If you need to pirate use air. Do not rely on them for privacy.

Yes.

There is a lower volume of extraneous calls to advertising networks from an appletv box than from a Samsung or lg tv. Users see a lower volume of what they recognize as targeted ads (you gotta think about the confirmation bias here). The devices themselves can decode more complex stream types because they are spending less processing power taking screenshots and running image recognition models on them. A tv from a major manufacturer tends to cost more if it’s the “dumb” or digital signage variant, whereas a streaming box (that’s not like roku or whatever the bottom of the barrel option is) costs $100+.

You just want a wireless nas. Are your extant drives external ones you plug up with usb or are they a bunch of internal ones you would need to put inside a computer?

Can you tell me what you mean, or link to something that is what you mean?

There are products called “home cloud” but they’re not all close to what you’ve described.

For example western digital has a line of products called home cloud but that might not be what you’re asking for.

You want a device called a “nas” that has wireless.

The person who said synology is telling you one brand of nas.

If your hdds are external then you want one that supports usb.

The Unix way isn’t for people who can’t integrate those tools.

Ever been in the drivers seat of an 18 wheeler? Even just getting into one requires more physical exertion than getting into your car. When you’re up there you have a million gauges and controls meant to provide the operator the tools they need for any situation they might encounter and to interface with a galaxy of stuff that can be hooked up to the back. You need a special license which encapsulates this different paradigm of use, operating a gigantic vehicle under much different and more variable conditions than the everyday driver (in addition to approaching normal road conditions and functions like turning left with a different outlook and awareness).

It’s why I often tell people not to switch to Linux. It’s not for them.