How bad are Chromebooks for privacy?

Title. I need to buy a laptop and Chrome is the UI system that I am most familiar with, so I would like to get a Google Chromebook. However, Google really doesn't have a positive view in my mind in terms of privacy. I've been trying to distance myself from Google because I've heard a lot of bad things about it, but I would like to get a Chromebook. Could I still install Firefox? Could I do anything not under …

bad chrome chromebook chromebooks google laptop privacy system terms