I’ve been using it with Ubuntu and Arch with no issues for a couple of years, so …?

Words can have multiple meanings - it might be best to find one that doesn’t have the same baggage that conservative has, such as “risk-averse”

Is there a similar issue with AMD?

Browser fingerprints are easy enough to block or mimic, though, at least for the solutions I’ve messed with. JavaScript based solutions in particular are tricky because of the privacy implications and the fact that decent privacy focused browsers are starting to block those things automatically.