I'm a fan of Microsofts open-source efforts around .NET Core and a former .NET dev (I'm mentioning this to make clear I don't have the standard anti-MS slant found on OSS forums).
Having said that - MS seems exactly the same or worse on privacy issues, they just suck at executing with their services so they don't get as much traffic and aren't in the spotlight. I don't really follow the logic - if I was interested in privacy I would probably avoid Microsoft just as much as Google.
And Microsoft working on Chromium/Blink just gives more credibility to it being an OSS project - they've made substantial contributions and probably have a team working on it - if Google decides to close off the development - Microsoft has the resources to continue development.
Having said that - MS seems exactly the same or worse on privacy issues, they just suck at executing with their services so they don't get as much traffic and aren't in the spotlight. I don't really follow the logic - if I was interested in privacy I would probably avoid Microsoft just as much as Google.
And Microsoft working on Chromium/Blink just gives more credibility to it being an OSS project - they've made substantial contributions and probably have a team working on it - if Google decides to close off the development - Microsoft has the resources to continue development.