You don't need exactly Google's Chrome though. ungoogled-chromium works as well and it doesn't send a bit to any of Big Tech's servers.
I have it installed and I have already bookmarked 10+ different flashers and updaters I've needed so far. And I genuinely think it's better than 10+ poorly made Electron apps I'd have to install instead.
Though I wouldn't daily drive a browser that allows websites to screw my USB devices.
The updater works, I've updated a 8bitdo gamepad I had.