You have to have luck and find a good deal. The MSRP is still at $499 (which is absolutely ridiculous).
This is the way to go
For less than $250 you can easily get a used Pixel 7a or an 8a for around $300 (which were released in 2023 and 2024 respectively) and install GrapheneOS on it. The 7a gets updates until 2028 and the 8a until 2031. And GrapheneOS is much more secure than LineageOS or other ROMs.
https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/android.html#lineageos
There's a fork called Swiftgram, they might have left out the content restrictions in their App Store build. If not, you can try building the .ipa from source and sideloading it using AltStore.
Would Mexico and Panama be the 53rd and 54th then?
The first step would probably be to try and revoke their tax exempt non profit status. But I'm confident the Signal Foundation would at that point just move to another jurisdiction. Maybe Canada, Switzerland or something like that.
That's what I thought when I first saw this
I personally like Flood, never tried it with qBt, but I use it with ruTorrent all the time
I also recommend qBitController if you want to access it from Android, or qBitControl if you're on iOS (has to be sideloaded from AltStore)
+1 for the Universal Android Debloater, but you linked to an unmaintained version
Here's the most up-to-date fork: https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation