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Con Brave is an Ad company
Brave Software is a for-profit company (though users must opt into Brave ads and Brave doesn't track users.)
Con Hypocritical/deceptive stance on privacy and advertisement
NOTE: Although this was once a concern, the Brave group have been completely up front about what was actually happening, and this wasn't it.
Brave is advertised as a browser that respects your privacy and blocks ads while still supporting content creators. However, at the same time the company is making deals with Facebook, Twitter and others to whitelist their trackers and ads.
Con Uses Brave independent search engine, but only in 3 countries, uses Google as default everywhere else
No longer uses Google in 3 countries and could always use others like DuckDuckGo and whatever the User specified. Now uses the new Brave Search independent search engine (only in USA, Canada and UK) and allows user to choose to submit anonymous searches to Google, Bing, and Mojeek thereby protecting user's privacy and expanding the search results.
Con Brave Rewards is a Scam
Yes, you do get BAT Rewards when you opt in to ads. But the BAT's you gain is kept in Uphold - which is a website for crypto trade and wallet, and uphold shows considerably less amount of BAT points that you normally have in Brave browser's display.
And it is not possible to withdraw less than a lot of BAT points, so you have to spend years to actually get to withdraw your currency.
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Flagged Pros + Cons
Pro Optional feature for you to get reimbursed for viewing ads
Basic Attention Token; you can decide to opt into a new blockchain-based digital advertising system, giving publishers a better deal and users a share of the ad revenue for their attention.
Pro Built-in adblocking
Other apps make it difficult to block ads without rooting your phone or going through unoptimized add-on stores, but Link Bubble blocks them out of the box, making browsing much less crowded. Contains an optional "Allow Brave Acceptable Ads" So you can support the site you truly enjoy.
Pro Takes care of privacy and security
Takes privacy seriously by blocking ads and trackers and not tracking people's searches. Things like https everywhere and no tracking are standard with Brave. In most other browsers, things like these are optional at best.
Pro i cant what can i say !
If i added a pro here i would want money for it as she earns me a bit !
Out of Date Pros + Cons
Con No custom adblock filter support
On some pages some ads are still showing up or some anti adblock scripts are blocking Brave Shield. You may need to install uBlock Origin, for example, as a second adblock, or go to brave://adblock/ to enable additional filters.