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> you create a new circuit and pick an entirely new path through the network very often

It is every 10 minutes: https://support.torproject.org/about/change-paths/

> This seems like a straw man. There's not many options to Tor.

It wasn't intended to be a straw man, it was intended to highlight the complexity of hiding your identity online. Tor is indeed one of the best mixnets out there, but it is _not_ a panacea, and if used incorrectly can actually make your privacy _worse_.

The Tor Project itself has official guidelines on how to use Tor safely when you do need it: Tails or Tor Browser. Recommendations that stray from this, from an engineer not familiar with Tor, can actually be _harmful_.