[Larrikin]

It's not a perfect solution, but I believe poisoning of the data whenever possible is a short term solution. Aggressive blocking in the browser and using ad guard/pi hole helps. But constantly feeding garbage whenever possible into your profile helps obfuscates when you inevitably slip up.

I've read people on here argue against using such extensions. There's the initial argument that it doesn't work, but the Google team banned it from the chrome store so it must have had some effect.

Then there is the argument that it helps fingerprint your browser into a unique user, which actually is only possible any more in Chrome, specifically not Firefox. If you're using Chrome already, it seems like a safe bet that every single website you go to is already being sent to Google anyway, so what does it matter.

[MiddleMan5]

I think that's absolutely a valid short term option, but I think ultimately that's legitimizing this cat and mouse game of companies mining citizens for personal information. We shouldn't have to feel cornered and preyed upon