Not to mention Google themselves use this profile to present a particular version of the Internet that caters to you making you more likely to make a conversion of some sort. Every time you use Google to search (or any Google service really), that is being tracked to you in a profile used to build an exceedingly intimate and revealing picture of you which is sold to advertisers or special interest groups. The only compelling feature of Brave that I can see is its anti-fingerprinting technology, which helps protect my online privacy.Īside from its anti-fingerprinting technology, are there any other noteworthy benefits of using Brave Browser? While Brave's sync code allows me to synchronize my bookmarks and browsing history across different devices, it's not a true backup feature like Google's sync, which allows me to restore my browser settings in case of a crash or data loss.

While Brave's developers are working to improve it, it's still not a reliable alternative to Google (maybe if the Brave index reaches 100+ terabytes in size, like Google’s then it can compete)

[Although I admit for regular users Shields is a good option since you don’t have to go through the extra steps to search for a new extension to install)īrave Search, the browser's search engine, also falls short compared to Google's search capabilities, and I find that it often fails to deliver relevant results. I already use an ad-blocker (uBO) extension, so the Shields feature, which blocks ads and trackers, doesn't offer much added value to me. The Brave Rewards program, for example, offers users small amounts of cryptocurrency for viewing ads, but I find these rewards to be insignificant and not worth the effort of setting up a wallet to store them. I've been using the Brave browser (desktop version) for a while now, but I'm starting to wonder what the point is if I don't use many of its main features.

Brave rewards wallet