I’ve been pretty happy with Kagi and they have a decent privacy policy: https://kagi.com/privacy

Seconded, breezy weather is amazing. I’ve installed it from source with obtainium.

When companies start to focus too much on growth usually they start to lose sight of their values and greed begins to take over. That said I just checked their ad policy and while they do physical ads, it’s still a pretty reasonable policy.

They still won’t be showing up on random YouTubers videos like Nord

One of the things I liked about Mullvad was that they didn’t advertise. Has this changed recently or did they always do outdoor ads?

Check out the Ninja Creamie for something almost exactly like the Pacojet but much more affordable.