I use firefox, granted it's on a old crappy desktop with 4gb ram and running 8.1 and not on a PI(yet) but with the noScrip and add blockers I use I rarely encounter any autoplays, and you learn to recognize which scripts provide function and content and which don't, and which to permanently allow and which to only allow when you have to.
Hell, I have zero ads on all socials including youtube.....
Only a problem for gamers since they need performance and being online with that performance.
The rest of us do well with an older computer with nothing newer than 8.1 or linux on it, or a PI running linux for all our online needs.
Does make a good argument in favor of 2 computers though, one for online usage and one that is ONLY used for gaming and the 2 being very much air gapped....
Download EpicPrivacy Browser, has free VPN's sorted by geolocation, used to be standard and built in, might have to enable or down ad-on in newer version but they are still there(also great for getting around 'not available in your region' site blocks...)
If memory serves creator also told Google and others to go fuck themselves when they wanted to buy user browsing/traffic data and turned down quite a bit of $$$...
That name......
Have had an unopened carton of milk(only do full-fat, have no clue how anything with more sugar and less fat would keep) be perfectly fine a month past it's date when opened(fridge at approx 2 degC)