There's no reason for him not to consider Firefox, since installing extensions reliably led him to become exasperated with Brave relying on backend servers, which then led himto the decision to stop using Brave. So since most if not all of the extensions he's looking for are very likely either ported to Firefox, or have (often better) equivalents, why not switch?
I'm not trying to be pedantic, just using the opportunity to promote switching to Firefox, because it's great :) and there are less bumps on the road than people make out.
When I switched back to Firefox after quantum hit, I actually discovered I didn't even need a few of the extensions I needed in Chrome.
This is "self eating snake" type situation. Many webdevs ignore Firefox because of its market share and this yields worse support. People don't like "worse support" and use it as argument (excuse) for using Chrome.
However I've only noticed problems in Firefox with various "chrome experiments" and WebGL performance. Oh and sometimes it's hanging and taking too long to load some source maps on large projects.
> "Arunmozhi is a freelance programmer and an open-source enthusiast."
I'm surprised, shocked and dumfounded that Firefox is not even mentioned while Vivaldi and Chromium are being considered. For someone who put up with Brave for years and its other issues, it really seems strange that Firefox is not in consideration.