Safari vs Brave

Apple dropped Windows support after Safari 5.

Doesn't block ads, unlike browsers like Brave and Vivaldi.

Safari usually takes its time when it comes to adopting new and useful web technologies meaning that the user gets an inferior experience compared to other modern browsers.

While Safari er is currently available gratis (without monetary charge) on Mac OS X, it is currently not libre (meaning that it does not allow users to view the source code used to create, to modify that code, or to redistribute modifications) and is therefore neither free nor open-source software.

All other browsers and toolkits (Qt/GTK) have shifted to Googles Blink-fork of KHTML/Webkit so Apple is currently the only main contributor left.

Apple does not support open source formats. Instead, they use H.264 and H.265.

Video controls are bad esp. on youtube. Only few browser extensions.

Brave Software is a for-profit company (though users must opt into Brave ads and Brave doesn't track users.)

Brave takes on a lot of roles besides just browsing so it is understandably a larger file.

Its adblocker is useless to be honest. Since the extension uBlock Origin is a great blocker by itself, the Brave ad blocker does not block every ad!

Advertisements keep popping up in the Windows notification center. Must opt in to ad system, but no option to disable sound for ad notifications only.

Since it's based on Chrome.

1 tab, 400+ RAM, also it depends on what website you're on.

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.

Can be accessed with an extension though.

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.

On reopening Brave, it often returns you to the "search results" page, rather than the webpage you had previously browsed to from the search results page. Might just be a specific configuration.

Doesn't clear cache well, shows same page even after emptying it until you ctrl+F5 to get fresh page every time you visit the page(s).

There would be less of a problem with using Web3 solutions if they weren't sometimes looking like an art for art's sake, a jerkcircle shoving down it's own topic down the users' throat. Replacing the Web 2.0 with another commercial solution is bound to end up as a reinvention of the wheel, where even more commercialization and direct monetization will push digital exclusion. Non-profit open source community has achieved great things while so far NFTs and cryptos are, not without a reason, ridiculed.

Unable to sync extensions, no cloud sync (only device sync).

No options to customize apperance, and make the bookmarks appear on the home page, for instance.

Most creators don't use it and so will not profit from the crypto system.

Only customer support available in Brave community. Mods usually does not help.

Google Search is the first search engine on the list.

Bookmark management is not as seamless as other browsers.

Per default Brave enables hardware acceleration which results in a much higher energy (battery) consumption than the most other web browsers.

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