That said, if you don't want to use Chrome, a fairly good alternative would be Vivaldi [0] - a surprisingly neat browser created by the ex-founder of Opera. It's based on the Chromium engine, so no weird rendering shenanigans, but at the same time is quite technically capable, with ad blocking, mouse gestures, email client, etc.
Google has enough control over the internet as is, thank you.
I'd really wish there were other gecko browsers now. Epiphany was good but they switched to Webkit.
Edit: Just learned of LibreWolf. Might be looking into migrating over.
It lets you focus on creating the best browser possible instead of wasting time working on the parts of the browser engine which aren't relevant to your product.
One day, maybe, someone might finally understand that web browsers have become utilities, and regulate them.