[ballenf]

It's opt-in for people to choose Brave over another browser.

It's opt-in for creators to accept payouts.

All the complaints mentioned in your link were resolved 2 years ago. Brave returns money to donators if the creator doesn't sign up within 90 days. And creators status with Brave is clearly prominent in the UI.

The list of sketchy stuff in Chrome over the years makes Brave look saintly. And Firefox and even Safari.

[phartenfeller]

Depends on the person. As someone who values the environment I don't want any crypto stuff in my browser. Totally not saintly for me.

[matheusmoreira]

BAT is built on top of ETH which is moving to proof of stake.