When comparing Brave vs Roccat browser, the Slant community recommends Brave for most people. In the question“What are the best macOS web browsers?” Brave is ranked 1st while Roccat browser is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Brave is:
Things like https everywhere and no tracking are standard with Brave. In most other browsers, things like these are optional at best.
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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Safety and privacy well taken care of
Things like https everywhere and no tracking are standard with Brave. In most other browsers, things like these are optional at best.
Pro Built in Adblock
Contains an optional "Allow Brave Acceptable Ads" So you can support the site you truly enjoy.
Pro Free/libre software
Released to the community under the Mozilla Public License (MPL), this software respect the FSF's four freedoms, including the freedom to use, modify, and redistribute with or without modification freely.
Pro Option to disable additional privacy concerns
Like fingerprint tracking.
Pro Option to pay supported sites based on view time percentage
Set up automatic micro-donations. Brave will automatically divide a monthly donation among the top sites you visit.
And/or, you can decide which sites get what percentage of your donation. It’s called pinning.
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 Tor is available right in the browser
Pro Very Fast and built in adblock.
The fastest browser out there. With the latest update Brave is my favorite browser on my PC and on my Phone. The built in adblock and the rewards system are amazing.
Pro Developed by creator of Mozilla and Javascript
Pro Preview in tabs
VisiTabs shows you a preview of the site in the tab.
Pro FusedBar Aware
Really intelligent address bar. For example, type in how many calories in a banana and it will know - pretty cool!
Pro Built-in URL shortener
It's their own one called lovebyt.es, does what a URL shortener should.
Pro Roccat Flick
Super easily share links with devices with Roccat on the same network (works really well).
Pro Full page screenshots
You can take screenshots of the whole page (not just the visible part) so no photoshopping multiple screenshots together anymore.
Pro Roccat Draw
Let's you draw on and annote the web.
Pro Ad-remover is already built in the engine
You do not necessarily need an extra plugin.
Cons
Con New, and a bit buggy still
Developers are rapidly killing bugs, but it still sometimes suffers a glitch or two. Until the developers get caught up, it still feels like a brand new product.
Con Poor plugin support
Still missing many essential plugins
Con No dark theme / theming whatsoever
There is no ability to theme the browser, meaning that people who use dark themed Linux desktops will just have to live with clashing colors between the rest of their desktop and the brave menu bar.
Con Interface is outdated, and still can see the tabs in fullscreen mode
With the latest version this should be fixed
Con Hypocritical/deceptive stance on privacy and advertisement
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 Same security-holes as Chrome
On the desktop: Brave uses the same browser engine as Chrome, meaning it has the same security-holes as Chrome. Chrome is a big target for hackers (being the most popular browser in the world), and a webpage that will hack Chrome may also hack Brave.
However, Brave has security features that Chrome doesn't (such as a built-in adblocker). Those features will stop many hacking attempts.
Con Dumbed down in the latest versions
In previous versions, Brave felt more like Firefox. Now it's been dumbed down, it feels more like Chrome/Chromium. For example: There's no menu-bar. And when you install Brave, it just installs: It doesn't give you any options on how to install it.
Con No menu bar
Con No reader view
Can be accessed with an extension
Con No Sync at the moment
There is no device sync available at the moment but it is coming soon
Con No custom adblock filter support
On some pages some ads are still showing up or some anti adblock scripts are blocking Brave Shield. Had to install uBlock Origin as second adblock.
Con The iPhone version has some odd behavior
When I reopen Brave, it often returns me to the "search results" page, rather than the webpage I had previous browsed to from the search results page. Might just be my configuration.
Con Download package is very large considering it as a browser
Con Limited add on support
They've got everything you will personally need built in, but a lack of addons could be an issue for some people.