Like many other privacy companys, Brave is not as shiny perfect as it is presented to the public. Be aware of some of the following critics: Quote from reddit thread below: "Way back in 2016, they promised to remove banner ads from websites and replace them with their own, basically trying to extract money directly from websites without the consent of their owners In the same year, CEO Brendan Eich unilaterally added a fringe, pay-to-win Wikipedia clone into the default search engine list. In 2018, Tom Scott and other creators noticed Brave was soliciting donations in their names without their knowledge or consent. In 2020, Brave got caught injecting URLs with affiliate codes. In 2023, Brave got caught installing a paid VPN service on users' computers without their consent. I've probably missed a few." https://redlib.datura.network/r/privacy/comments/191yu33/why_is_brave_highly_disliked_in_the_privacy/ From the Spyware Watchdog blog:

Brave - Spyware Watchdog

Finding #privacy respecting search engines is a nightmare! It's a real journey but now I don't know where to go next... Which search engine do you use / prefer? Been using paid Kagi for a few months now. Experience is awesome - never heard something negative about it. Today I read the post below and I do understand the critism regarding Kagi. Been too naive - how could an American AI search engine be so privacy respecting as they praise in their policy? https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1bmubkd/thoughts_about_kagi_search_engine/

Did you ever notice how many so called #privacy services have their headquarters in Silicon Valley? Like Kagi Search, Brave and DuckDuckGo (DDG hq in PA). We all know about America spying on the whole world. So can we trust those services pretending to protect us while sitting only a few steps away from all the mass surveillance companies in Sillicon Valley?