Install an FTP server on your phone. Connect to it via an FTP client on your PC. EZPZ.
Nothing is intuitive about macOS.
You absolutely could in the past.
Why anyone browses the web in 2024 without an adblocker is completely beyond my ability to understand. You get zero sympathy from me.
You should probably take the tin-foil hat off once in a while to let that noggin of yours breathe a little.