MacBook Pro, Core i5, 2.8 GHz (I5-4308U), model A1502 (EMC 2875), Retina Mid-2014 13", MacBookPro11,1, RAM 8 GB, VRAM 1.5 GB, Storage 512 GB SSD
vlc, tor, brave, firefox… are apps that I cannot download. Neither can I use mac’s app store, because software is too old.
What would be the point of not nuking this OS X?
You can try OpenCore Legacy Patcher: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/MODELS.html