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My suggestions have mostly been more on the attacking the American market side of things, so:
Switching browsers, or barring that, the search function from Google to DuckDuckGo (and the browser to Opera if they're ready for that step.)
Leaving facebook/insta, but if that's not an option, following John Oliver's advice for making themselves less valuable: https://www.johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com/
For skincare etc, Deciem/The Ordinary. For bulk stuff like deodorant, soap etc, looking for Unilever instead of one of the American conglomerates like Proctor and Gamble etc.
Any reason for switching to Opera over say Firefox and alternatives? Opera is chromium, which makes them susceptible to manipulation from Google. I think open source / nonprofit projects are still worth supporting even if they originate in the US.
Zen browser is a solid recommendation for regular users, it has a beautiful layout and some new features that would make a browser change more palatable.
Solid recommendations on the other stuff, I should pass them along to people
I always liked Firefox more than Chrome, and with some new privacy issues coming up with Firefox I switched to LibreWolf