I'm afraid I'm going to criticize most of your VPN recommendations.

Surfshark previously used CloudFlare on their VPN servers (I'm not sure if they still do - there have been conflicting reports). That makes it an instant avoid for that reason alone.

I've posted about CyberGhost before - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5203656.msg53196238#msg53196238. Another one to definitely avoid.

IPVanish keeps logs and hands them over to the authorities - https://restoreprivacy.com/ipvanish-provides-logs-to-authorities/.

NordVPN servers were accessed by a hacker and they hid this fact for 18 months before it finally came out. They were previously a good VPN provider, but I would place zero trust in a company which covers up such a fact from users which have been affected.

For detailed VPN reviews, look here: https://restoreprivacy.com/ipvanish-provides-logs-to-authorities/
For simple VPN reviews, look here: https://www.privacytools.io/providers/vpn/

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In terms of browsers, Tor is obviously the best, but many people do not want to use it because of the issues you have outlined - speed, breaking sites, etc. Firefox is the best "standard" browser, but there are a number of tweaks and add-ons you should be using to improve your privacy more. Start here and work down the page - https://www.privacytools.io/browsers/#webrtc. Disable WebRTC, download the commended add-ons, and implement the about:config tweaks.