Um... No.

Only barely as far as I can spit.

I doubt they're doing anything to secerative in the background. Not a fan of Bat or their affiliate link scamdle, but also not a fan of Firefox's ads, telemetry, trademark claims against Firefox forks, and accepting Google money for bad defaults - as I'm not a fan of Vivaldi being closed source and their adblock that doesn't block all ads.

Brave is great for somebody who doesn't know/want to configure defaults beyond optionally disabling Bat. If you can then Firefox & derivatives might give a better experience.

Brave is also Chromium based, but being a heavy fork it doesn't hold onto the worst parts, making it more alright.

I do use it sometimes, some websites only work properly on chromium-based and it's handy when I need to cast something to chromecast but I really dislike like their crypto thing, I prefer Firefox most of the time.

While I would like to try Brave at some point, I can’t really support any browser based on Chromium. Google’s control over the browser market is far too strong as it is, and I would prefer not to support that by using a browser made with their web technologies. Additionally, Brave has a handful of other issues that would prevent me from choosing it, like their cryptocurrency integration and advertising model.

If your going to use chromium then its not a bad choice. Its still better than stock Firefox but Firefox can be hardened pretty well.

It also has protections against some tracking that is a little more obscure

yes the browsers and the search engine. techlore the board and I've had a fantastic experience with it's product. even if it may be unreliable (which I don't think) it will still be better than chrome or edge

I use Brave on my pi400 and on my tablets, phone. It works, and it can use Chrome extensions. I mostly use Firefox on my pi400, but there is the odd site that doesn't work with FIrefox. Every web browser sucks in some way. I could care less what views the CEO of any company holds.

I read through the comments and figured I should try to help balance the discussion. For risk of getting pounced on, I use brave browser and brave search for all my personal needs. It is pre configured with things I care about out of the box, ipfs on mobile, great adblock by default, I experimented with their ad/crypto thing. I’m very happy we have companies trying to do new things, the naysayers will shit on innovation always, so “do your own research” lmao. Other features are a built in crypto wallet.

Other things I care about are their terms of service. Whether you believe it or not, at least we have a company out there trying to champion privacy by default. DuckDuckGo is similar on that regard. They also have their own search engine and their AI powered answers is very good, much better than Google’s at this point. I find myself not having to go to Google as often anymore. It’s really good these days!

They also push the envelope and put their money where their mouth is so to speak privacy wise by continually coming out with new features for privacy and security. I honestly do not understand how a privacy community will shit all over Brave. And no I don’t care about their founder nor about their copyright AI infringing API. Have none of you sailed the high seas? If it personally affects you then sue them.