I’m not the prepper person either, but I like to be self-sufficient and not be overly reliant on modern technology. My primary use case has been during travels.

All under the guise of “free speech”. Which, as we all know, means speech that align with Elon’s currently held opinions.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download

Kiwix seems to be the most popular app to browse offline web pages like this.

Hadn’t heard about deSec until now, seems to be run by some cool privacy minded folks in Germany:

https://desec.io/

I guess you already know about the options, but for others:

Find the cheapest VPS out there and have a Wireguard tunnel between it and your home network. Run ddclient or similar on the VPS in case the public IP changes.

For the same price and power usage as the Pi?