Your system is the one I use too. The major difference is, as you say, this outsources everything. I prefer to keep my own copies of my content, while this streams it and requires more fees to access the services.
If you’ve got a kindle, the kindle app will sync which page you’re on between devices. Plus you can just throw any ePub at it and it will appear on all devices.
I always find it to be one of the easiest to revisit. I’ve played it on NES, GBA, PSP and more recently the Pixel Remaster. It’s just a solid game all around, even if it is basic by most standards.
Sure, but the difference is that VLC can’t execute code, and if you change the file extension to MP4 then a media player is going to try to open it.
So yeah it could contain a virus, but I think getting hit with that code is almost completely impossible.