If you are looking for a seamless streaming like experience you should look into Real Debrid + Stremio, it’s 16-ish bucks/180 days

With root you can install apks with KingInstaller to mask them as if they are from the Play Store

Adaway is the go to thing for me, it’s FOSS and Supports VPN as Well as Root Mode. Also it already has some Blocklists integrated and you can easily add more and the battery drain is near to negligable.