Couldn't agree more. It is also probably the best bang for your buck in terms of changes you can make to improve privacy.
My issue is that neither of those solutions provide sufficient anonymity. At the end of the day, all that is being done is transferring ownership of your DNS query data to someone else.
Use DNS-over-TLS-over-TOR

GitHub
GitHub - piskyscan/dns_over_tls_over_tor: Instructions for setting up DNS over TLS over TOR
Instructions for setting up DNS over TLS over TOR. Contribute to piskyscan/dns_over_tls_over_tor development by creating an account on GitHub.