Combine it with something selfhosted or a local network tool like https://syncthing.net to synch the database between personal devices in order to not rely on corporations.
If folk want to have a chromium-based browser made by a company, take a look at Vivaldi instead (which will keep the old plugin architecture, so adblockers work). It has a limited built-in blocker and extra features, but for now still runs uBlock.
You can get the battlepass through in-game money (950 v-bucks/season). I was gifted my first battlepass and a skin by stream mates years ago and I haven't paid a single cent to Fortnite.
Russell not having given that place back by now is a bit dodgy.