Why I'm afraid of using Metamask

People getting hacked, seems to always involve Metamask somehow.

Don't get me wrong. Of course there are many more cases of people using Metamask and having no issues at all, then there are people getting their Metamask hacked. And I do know Metamask is not the issue, people are.

However, having my wallet as a browser extension on the same computer I do browsing, game, work, etc, it's scary.

I would always be too scared of clicking a bad link, opening a bad pop-up by mistake, downloading a file with a Trojan, getting an infected pen from a friend, etc.

I now we should always be somewhat scared of malware and bad links. Fear keeps us sharp. But I don't want to browse the internet and always be scared one day I wake up and my crypto is gone even tho I think I'm the safest person on the web.

I see many people here claiming they always played safe and were always diligent with their online activity. However, one day they wake up and everything on their Metamask is gone.

Tldr: having a crypto wallet as a browser extension on the same computer I use to play, work and browse the web scares the shit out of me.