I have seen many people in this community either talking about switching to Brave, or people who are actively using Brave. I would like to remind people that Brave browser (and by extension their search engine) is not privacy-centric whatsoever.
Brave was already ousted as spyware in the past and the company has made many decisions that are questionable at best. For example, Brave made a cryptocurrency which they then added to a rewards program that is built into the browser to encourage you to enable ads that are controlled by Brave.
Edit: Please be aware that the spyware article on Brave (and the rest of the browsers on the site) is outdated and may not reflect the browser as it is today.
After creating this cryptocurrency and rewards program, they started inserting affiliate codes into URL’s. Prior to this they had faked fundraising for popular social media creators.
Do these decisions seem like ones a company that cares about their users (and by extension their privacy) would make? I’d say the answer is a very clear no.
One last thing, Brave illegally promoted an eToro affiliate program making a fortune from its users who will likely lose their money.
Edit: To the people commenting saying how Brave has a good out-of-the-box experience compared to other browsers, yes, it does. However, this is not a warning for your average person, this is a warning for people who actively care about their privacy and don’t mind configuring their browser to maximize said privacy.
I’ve had no instability issues with Librewolf in my time using it. However, how can you be both an insufferable Linux nerd and someone who uses Apple products? And when it comes to Android, you should be able to just install uBlock Origin or a system-wide ad blocker like AdGuard.
These aren’t irreconcilable. Suffice to say I’m an extra annoying person.
Brave on mobile has per-site JavaScript controls that are quick and easy to access within the browser. I don’t know of anything nearly as good.
uBlock origin should have per-site assuming it works the same as on desktop.
It’s not the same as on desktop, especially for iPadOS and iOS, which doesn’t have extensions and does not have an equivalent for Brave Shields (as far as I can tell).
For iOS and iPadOS try out Orion Browser by Kagi. Great built-in adblocker and they have (very) experimental support for desktop extensions.
I’m sort of a Linux nerd and I have an iPad. The reason being when I bought my iPad not many Android tablets satisfies my needs. The few that sort of do don’t support third party ROMs and stock / manufacturer bloated Android imo is even more of a privacy disaster than stock iOS. However that has changed since the release of the new Pixel tablets which supports Graphene. I might try that out when my iPad retires.