Balance between not using popular software and not having a unique fingerprint.

Admittedly I haven't done much research on the topic but my question is based on the following axioms:

- We shouldn't use Google Chrome because our data then belongs to Google.
- But, it is the most common browser so not using it makes it easier for your browser to have a unique fingerprint.

I used browsers as an example, this could apply to other situations too.

How do people balance this? Is it simply that the risk of fingerprinting …

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