Russia is basically calling the West's bluff that they won't use nukes to enforce their ideology and Russia won. Everyone wants to talk big until it comes time to actually enforce words.
Honestly have never found a reason to switch from Safari, I trust Apple to make reasonable decisions about my data so I've never had to worry about it outside of normal cybersecurity hygiene (randomized passwords, enabling advanced data protection, etc).
I have no idea what people are smoking if they think any company that gives you a free product and makes money on your data would have your privacy as their best interest. I'm not saying they're straight up committing fraud, I'm talking about stuff like Opera collecting this to use for a future business endeavor. It's why I'll never buy an Android phone, Apple is expensive but at the end of the day Apple is already profitable without data collection, but most other companies can't say that, so they can never truly have your best interests in mind when it's a matter of survival.