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Most people buy the Pixel phones for its good camera. So I wonder if installing a different OS would affect the camera quality.

Does its camera app work well? Would it lack the nice HDR post proccesing most modern phones have?

Add some thermal paste and liquid cooling. Liquid nitrogen might help.

Find a cheap hosting solution that provides a fixed IP address, then host your own VPN or proxy server there.

Edit: if you use a non-standard port for the VPN, it should be less likely to be blocked.