Tor receives significant funding from US government and other governments.
It is centralized (9 directory nodes) and still used for privacy. 
Directory nodes: https://consensus-health.torproject.org/
Discussion
whats wrong in using it, who so ever fund it. its a good privacy tool though very slow?
I use Mullvad. I wonder if we should use tor too
mullvad is good browser, personally i like vivaldi and Orion
intresting article that explains what i was asking just found it on nostr https://simplifiedprivacy.com/decentralized/nostr-encryption-as-identity-vpn/hydraveil.html
idc about tor privacy.
onion addresses are cool. i like onion address, being able host/connect anything from anywhere.
would you say dns is centralized?