I honestly considered it to be all in good fun. I know plenty of people who are Vegan for a variety of reasons and I love them all. In fact they laughed the most at this.
None. I just used the guide on iFixit but cloned the original drive with CloneZilla to make restoration easier. I did also buy a replacement EM shielding foil so I could leave the original one on the original drive.
Streamfab is garbage. Anystream is legit and I use it all the time.