It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:
- It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
- It has ads right out of the box.
- It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
- They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.
Because of the long history of controversies:
https://blog.alexseifert.com/2025/04/06/why-i-recommend-against-brave/
Even if it was somehow fine now, I wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole. TBH I’d use Edge before Brave, even on Linux.
Anything can have a long list of controversies if you cherry pick
Friend, why are you so intent on sticking to Brave?
Trying another browser that doesnt have a long list of “cherry picked” controversies takes like a few seconds. What’s the downside to that?