Check tauri out. It's not exactly that but it uses built in web renderer in os

Does it have wired external display connectivity? I currently have pixel7 and that might be only reason to actually upgrade.

Test your DNS with some benchmark. I have learned this the hardway, when I swapped to for more private quad9 my internet became sometimes borderline unusable. If you are for some reason on windows you can use this one. For me openDNS was consistently the fastest to respond.

Is there an alternative for simple modpack access? Nephew is using Tlauncher for easy mod switching