[fjp]

My concern with Brave is them being beholden to the direction of Chromium - I am wrong about that?

I used Brave for awhile then switched to Firefox+uBlock Origin, hoping to do my teensy part in decreasing the market share of Chromium-based browsers while still being privacy-focused.

[ambicapter]

At the same time, having the same base as Chrome means you won't be left behind when people start only developing for Chrome (which is a problem right now).