I have a few times. I made an email service that only uses aliases called Port87. Now I can just block the alias when it starts to get spam.

100% yes, absolutely, as a database backup. Whether it’s stored elsewhere or used for any other purpose is another question.

Apple Maps is a good alternative if you have an iPhone. Apple may not be a whole lot better, but at least they aren’t an advertising company.

The unfortunate fact is that most people don’t care about their privacy until it’s violated. It’s weird.

Did you read the comment above mine? They do really sketchy things.

All shitty behavior and absolutely reasons not to use Brave or support them as a company, but none of those mean it’s spyware.