I'm sure you look you can find something which tells you that Microsoft is also privacy focused in their marketing material. Heck even google says they are focused on privacy:

https://policies.google.com/faq?hl=en-US

> We know security and privacy are important to you – and they are important to us, too. We make it a priority to provide strong security and give you confidence that your information is safe and accessible when you need it.

I guess they should just shut down the site now.

It seems like they're avoiding any and every Chromium-based browser. I wonder what their reason behind this would be since it's open-source so any browser using Chromium can take Google out of the code.

You just reminded me of that one argument I've heard about two decades back. That if "you pirate Windows, you still kind of buy their product". The rationale of notochrome might be along these lines: If you use chromium, aren't you banking off of technology that is, in this sense, Google's?

But here's the thing, I think you have a point, as far as it's a useful browser technology and open source, I can see about as little a problem as you.