This is my experience also. I do use Chrome for one use case: I run all Google properties on Chrome, and the rest of the web on Safari.
I enjoy Google products, but I am also careful to tune my Google privacy, etc. settings. Keeping the use of all Google properties on Chrome keeps things clear, for an old man like myself. BTW, I seldom use Google search, but everything else except for GMail I pay for: GCP, YouTube Plus, Gemini (love the large context size, and almost free API use), etc.
Off topic, but almost everything of value I use on the web is something I pay for. Adding in buying books to read, user experience is better than reading or using random junk on the web.
I enjoy Google products, but I am also careful to tune my Google privacy, etc. settings. Keeping the use of all Google properties on Chrome keeps things clear, for an old man like myself. BTW, I seldom use Google search, but everything else except for GMail I pay for: GCP, YouTube Plus, Gemini (love the large context size, and almost free API use), etc.
Off topic, but almost everything of value I use on the web is something I pay for. Adding in buying books to read, user experience is better than reading or using random junk on the web.