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The 'you're the product' is a legitimate argument, but this argument makes sense only if you are aware of the phenomenon.When you think at the scale of Chrome/Firefox, it doesn't.The reason is simple: the average user is not aware of updates and changes (at all), especially those related to privacy and data.(Yes, despite the "transparency" commitments of Google/etc).Most people will still only see that the new firefox version introduced a new color theme or something equivalently useless.

So kind of, yes, these are against the user's will.Now my proposed solution is straight-out stop using them, but since 95%+ of people can't do that, there's no simple solution.(besides the simplest most effective one)

You're forgetting the core - Chromium - is open-source.

The only situation where it would stop being "against my will" would be if Google advertised Chrome as "not a web browser, but rather a tool that I can use to leak my personal habits voluntarily."