Does not have swipe except when using a Google library

You didn’t get the point. It’s about community relevance.

VPN is both, an interface on your device and a network connection (to a provider). Netguard only uses the first. So every request is going through Netguard but is not sent to a VPN provider, it leaves your device like it would if Netguard wasn’t active.

So no VPN provider can see your traffic.

While being sent through your local Netguard, the request is checked whether it should be blocked or not. This is done by its name. If the name is on a block list (real list or manually blocked) Netguard ensures that the request will end in nowhere otherwise it will go through.

It is compiled into bytecode. A transpiler translates to another programming language with the same level of abstraction. A compiler translates into a level that is nearer to or machine code.

It is not. Please educate yourself a bit more. They obviously cannot randomize all data. It is more a besteht effort approach.

Consistent with other apps is going one step back like it is handled now. I don’t know apps acting in another way

"Privacy features, in Firefox, are not meant to be opt-in. " But anti privacy features and user influencing features are. So what’s the point here?