I don’t know if you’re being serious or sarcastic.

I use Safari with Apple’s private relay and various ad blockers and have been quite happy. Are there reasons to be concerned? (other than Apple=bad)

I’m in baby!!! 🎉

Yes it was. It needed to be connected somehow to make the purchase.

Open private browsing window, make sure I’m fully logged out of Amazon. Then log in.

Ie wasn’t previously logged in before the VPN started or private window was opened.

I believe every account owner will be notified beforehand directly.

Haha that sounds like an adventure :D