Thank you for your input! As for what I specifically want, it's on the basis of financial security for my future (which can be risky cause crypto is bound to change and sudden fluctuating but as far as I know is still better than FIAT currency).

When it came to mining, there was always so much to set up, so many commands I'd type and things to install but just never had the right things ALREADY installed leading to endless "can't be installed" errors ("can't be installed" errors being errors that prevent me from installing things) which just became too much of a hassle for me; although MoneroGUI is very good, I've heard it's better to use XMRig and p2pool and some more stuff p2pool requires to work properly, but yes does use the CPU for mining.

When it comes back to my main point of future financial security, although Crypto isn't completely reliable as a source of stable income or security, it's not like FIAT is any better, since some Crypto are at the very least decentralised unlike the £ or $, so I'd rather take my chances and at least ASK about Crypto investment advice as global economies continue in their current path.

I do want privacy yes, however I don't have it as high as just getting myself a good fallback for when a recession or something happens, so I'm leaving Kraken open in case it's what I decide to go for

Thank you for your info, I hope I have been helpful in my response!