No, I don't trust them. Their idea to replace people ad with their own ad (https://archive.is/W0k4j) and their experiment with cryptocoin are two of the biggest red flags.
Just use firefox instead of brave if you wanted a privacy respecting browser
Depends on the hardware, but my weak server can sometimes be overwhelmed with random ip trying to find a vulnerable service (accessing random port and path combination)
Last time I tried, Dropbox has the best linux app. It even supports LAN syncing and integration with nautilus (ubuntu default file manager). However I need to move to onedrive because dropbox is just too expensive
For me it's mainly to aggregate multiple news site so I can more easily read them. It also helped me to centrally track which news article I have read across multiple devices
I don't really care about the feel of a keyboard, but the fact that you can replace a broken switch is very amazing. Previously my membrane keyboard only last for about 1-2 year before I need to throw it away because some of the key stop registering. Now I can just replace the switch for <$1
It allows you to isolate app inside a sandbox, thus limiting the data they can harvest