Orbi RBR750P Wi-Fi Drops

I had an interesting experience yesterday that I'll share, and I suppose wrap this thread up while I'm at it. 

Over the course of...I don't know, a few weeks or a month, I kept getting drop-outs periodically. Annoying but I would just push through. They started getting more frequent toward the end, until yesterday it culminated in me not being able to keep the connection up for longer than about 3 minutes. Literally I'm trying to have a conversation with ChatGPT from my Mac about what's going on and what to do, and I can't because the connection is bouncing so much. 

Interestingly, this time it was only happening from my MacBook Pro--I was watching Netflix from my iPad on the same network during the whole process (except when I manually rebooted the router or bounced the power). Which is different from what I recall when I opened this thread, and of course makes me think there must be a problem specific to my MacBook, whether hardware or software. Did the OS get an update that broke it? Is my wireless radio just dying? Have I got a VPN causing a problem? Is there a client-side wi-fi setting I need to change? Is there a router configuration that could stabilize it? 

I actually started shopping for an Eero. Then I remembered this conversation, and among the many steps ChatGPT had me try, the same recommendation appeared: shut down Armor. So after going through the mind-boggling mobile UI to find this setting, I shut it down. It was a miracle cure. Immediate relief from the symptoms. Network's been up since then. 

So, I'm not sure what to make of this. The fact that my iPad and iPhone behave differently makes me want to give Orbi the benefit of the doubt. On the other hand, Armor on the router seems like it should be a total black box with the same behavior across any client. In any case, I'm sick of dealing with it. Unfortunately it appears I wasted my money on the Armor subscription (of which I've used for maybe 4-6 (painful) months out of the 12, because I won't be turning it back on.