Yes, it’s accurate. Although I enjoyed using Ubuntu (iirc started with 5.10 or 6.10) due to it’s friendliness to newcomers, Canonical is on the business side of Linux distributions (think Redhat).
Debian (which Ubuntu is derived from), is privacy friendly and leans heavily towards the open source ethos imo.
With that being said there’s tons of options out there. Distrowatch is a great place to window shop before grabbing a live .iso :)
I can empathize yo. I’ve been a long time digital privacy advocate with a track record of being very outspoken in public about my views which has occasionally resulted in some weird looks from my normal-ish friends. Hell, I get pissed these days in response to age verification, ai facial tracking, low energy Bluetooth tracking, etc… But I try to catch myself before spending the emotional energy on it because long term that isn’t good. When I’m unable to do that, I utilize that anger and stress to do something to combat those efforts whether that’s spreading the word, programming or developing software to mitigate it or offer free software alternatives.
I think its a normal response. People tend to forget that humans are still animalistic and really shouldn’t live like this. Anyways, I’m just a random person but I’m always down to chat if you want to vent :)