"they keep using it thinking it enhances their privacy."
Can you give an example of stuff people use because they think it will enhance their privacy but don’t?
about DuckDuckGo https://duckduckgo.com/privacy
"We don’t save your IP address or any unique identifiers alongside your searches or visits to our websites. We also never log IP addresses or any unique identifiers to disk."
Sure, you can't trust American companies for shit, same goes for Brave and its ecossystem, so if you can't trust the ToS content, what's the point of reading it, duh :P
If a company doesn't advertise itself for not saving logs, having no trackers, not using you to train AI, not selling your data, etc, etc, it's because they are doing all of that, so it's also pointless to read the ToS... if they say they don't save logs, etc, then sure, there may be a point reading to see if there are any caveats, but I trust more third party audits (like Proton and Mullvad regularly have) and the code being open source and reviewed independently.
OP just deflecting and ignoring... here's the deal about privacy:
If the company doesn't advertise itself for not saving logs or selling your data: Don't waste time with the ToS.
They are saving logs and selling your data.
If the company advertise itself for not saving logs or selling your data, but it's American: Don't waste time with the ToS.
The government can legally force them into cooperation while placing them under a gag order.
If the company advertise itself for not saving logs or selling your data and it's not American: Read the ToS if you want, but it's not important.
You will hardly find anything that is not open source recommended for privacy. Read independent code review of the software and third party audits of the company.