Yes, and claims still require evidence. I'm quite anti-Google but I'm not going to just start believing in random theorizing of evil things they could conceivably be doing without evidence.

Otoh, why even bother with Chrome, when you have Firefox, Brave and others to choose from? It's not like there is any substantial difference between them. At this point we don't need (extra) evidence of wrongdoing, the incentives mismatch is enough to not trust them.