Yep, I read that... as does Chrome, IE, Firefox, Brave, and Vivaldi. So you're almost always screwed, which did you pick? --- Post updated --- And here's the report on Ungoogled Chromuim: https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/ungoogled_chromium.html
If you truly care about a browser sending some requests to Google just use something like Ungoogled Chromium like you mentioned above, maybe even modifed Pale Moon or its XUL cousin, Basilisk (even if I'm not sure whether it's the same on the privacy side). I personally don't care all too much, and while privacy is always on the back of my mind I don't go out of my way to have it.
I re-uploaded it so you don't have to use Mediafire, don't worry Many people don't use Google for various reasons.
how is the process for adding the mod to the game done? just reinstalled this after deleting it previously due to the faulty textures
Because it is outdated. the only thing keeping the mod alive is people making unofficial fixes for it.