Exact same boat here. People who think they're going to get around "the man" are fooling themselves. People dodging Chrome on PC turn around and use an Android or Apple phone. Some big corp is going to know your every move no matter which way you slice it.
My M.O. is Chrome for daily use, but if I want a really private search or session I use Brave as my secondary. Brave is set to erase *everything* on exit. I load it and then open a private window with Tor, whilst also using a VPN in Windows. I doubt even that is perfectly private or safe, but it's probably as close as an average user is going to get.