Sorry for that. 
Take it easy then: one small step now like a free Proton VPN account is a very good one.
Once you’re used to it and have a bit more courage/time, consider maybe going a bit deeper into the topic and checking how your needs fit in there. Don’t invest too much money initially.
Will save you some mental sanity and financial savings haha.
Should make any grandma happy given the low initial effort. 
Yes it is a good start from a per-device use case.
You can also consider using a DNS-blocker if you want it upstream (on your router for example).
Might be true but not a general one for everybody.
If they do have the resources why not go with IVPN/Mullvad yes.
You can anonymously for those, especially via the proxystore if in EU.
Mullvad’s DNSes are also quite nice and granular + their apps works well on every OS[1].
If you can pull the trigger on it, it’s quite a good recommendation yes. 
Otherwise IVPN with some other DNS setup is also cool. Summoning the remaining DNS guru aka @Blackbird that will talk with some Hagezi Pro++ setup left and right as usual haha.
Here is the original good recommendation to layer on top of a nice reputable and privacy-respectful VPN: What do you think about OpenSnitch? - #10 by Blackbird
Overall it depends on what you want to do on your network as a whole. 
and are not giving a subpar experience on Linux or less popular devices ↩︎