2.9 in uk. Most reviews i see are negative towards the app not the service. So i think it would be wrong for google to adjust the scores.

I chose wireguard implemented by pivpn (i like pi's)

Wireguard app on phone and a quick duckduck will find you a script or app for your laptop. Connected to your home in seconds.

Life in plastic

Seperate home is a must imho. Fedora had kickstart but alas a little old. This may help. https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/here-is-how-to-easily-create-a-bootable-clone-of-your-fedora-system-disk/111308

My goodness thought i was pushing the boat out. Very nice

Esp32 cam and. Usb c or micro . Works well with motioneye.

Uk?

My use case is similar. So i use a Pi 5 running motioneye dev 64bit. 3 cams 2 usb webcams (uvc compliant) 1 esp32 cam wifi. Another Pi a 4 this time runs pihole and wireguard vpn. Static ip so all is good. Homarr is my dashboard and i can view from that or the motioneye interface directly.

Cloudflared? Set mine up recently.

As a side note i had to portforward in my router to make this work.

To clarify new android phone bypasses pihole with ipv6 isp box cant configure anything. Would this work?

Dhcp.

U can but alas only ipv4. I disabled ipv6 in the router and everything is fine. Ipv6 if i read correctly is hardcoded into android and i cannot change my routers dns

Eye watering if the chap slips.

Keepalived is the way. Gravity sync keeps everything in line. Works like a charm. I migrated yesterday from wifi to wired and cannot be happier. As a bonus did not need to reconfigure pivpn.

Are you able yo host alongside freenas or on top of?

Brave seems to work for me. Firefox i used years ago but alas adverts annoyed me.

Did not use to be the case. 2020 ish firefox removed the ability to install addons. So i switched.