By using a software you don't automatically endorse every feature it has.

Sometimes that's true, but in the case of a fork especially when the original is still around, I think that's not always true.

Some people use very specialized versions of Linux as a political choice, for example.

> Some people use very specialized versions of Linux as a political choice, for example

My point is that if other people use other variants (non-specialized) it doesn't necessarily mean that they support opposite "political views".

Using base chrome is worse then though right? Google causes infinitely more damage..

Right, which is why I'm using Vivaldi as my Chromium-based browser.

Using any chromium based browser is explicitly giving google more power over the free and open web.