Most voiced complaints are (as neutral as possible):

- past CEO personal belief on LGTB rights

- If opted in, blocking ads while showing their own ads as system notification (ads are not being replaced in page)

- hijacking typed-in domains in the address bar by adding their affiliate code on select domains related to crypto (reverted after backslash)

- Tips (using their crypto coin BAT) to Content Creators not using Brave being held indefinitely until withdrawn by Creator (behavior changed after backslash)

and now:

- VPN services being installed automatically if browser has admin rights on Windows.

First is irrelevant to whether the product is good, I don't care about purity tests.

The rest of the list, minus the end, is them trying to make money without selling data. That actually makes me more confident about their belief in their stated values. Last one is an "accidental" oversight, probably to boost install numbers. They decided to change it without backlash first. Again, good move.

By that standard JS should also be scuttled.

The creator of json thinks so iirc,

https://youtu.be/lc5Np9OqDHU?si=YFatp7mrP7vvaZpN

From your keyboard to God's inbox.

I uninstalled it after the crypto affiliate thing even though I don’t buy/sell crypto

Crypto trash

Started with inserting their referral links into clicks way back in the early years.

https://decrypt.co/31522/crypto-brave-browser-redirect stuff like this.