How to avoid running a residential proxy (especially on Android phones)?

For apps you use very rarely but don't want to keep uninstalling and re-installing (the latest, different version), there is a "pause app" button available when you long-press the app. Except... it inexplicably pauses the app only for 1 day :-(

But there is another, permanent option. Long press -> App Info -> Screen Time! You can set it to zero and it stays at zero. It's called "Screen Time" but it seems to block background usage too, hopefully some Android developer can confirm.

(and yes of course this sort of advice is only useful for techies and will do nothing to save the open web)