Agree - I just don’t understand why you’d use anything else on a PC.

So use Firefox! On Android its ad blockers work well too

Depends on the file format. There is compressed and uncompressed audio - some times the numbers just represent the audio waveform (e.g. .wav) - some times with lossy lossless compression. Most, but not all, video formats are compressed due to the data size

There are thousands of types of file. They all contain data as a long sequence of numbers, and how those numbers are interpreted depends on the type of file - text characters, floating point numbers, pixel colour information or compressed data

A few bucks from even a tiny percentage of users makes a massive difference. My only opinion is to go broad, rather than deep. Ie spread what you can afford around

I don’t know about your bedpost but those fasteners don’t look adequate to me. Especially into plaster board

No, you have to decide what is right for you and he has to respect it - and vice versa of course. This is essential to be able to give enthusiastic consent! If your mutual needs don’t align it’s also ok to not have sex