Comparisons

VPN providers

TL;DR Don't use one, if thats not an option buy IVPN, OVPN or Mullvad VPN preferably via Monero or cash

Web browsers

TL;DR If you use Firefox switch to LibreWolf, if you use Chrome switch to Brave, if you want something minimal use qutebrowser

Instant messaging services

TL;DR If you want something modern with multimedia, screenshare and VC use Matrix with the nheko client. Discord is fine too.

Search engines

TL;DR Avoid google and bing, use DuckDuckGo or Brave Search

Git services

TL;DR If you want to use GitHub, thats fine.