I was a long time satisfied Firefox user until I got wind of how ultra woke the company was and started looking around for an alternative.
I gave Brave a shot after learning about their emphasis on privacy. I noticed immediately that Brave was faster than Firefox. Brave also has its own search engine which uses its own index and does not track your search history.
I am very happy with Brave. It is based on the public domain Chromium engine so all Chrome addons should work.
I believe there were a few web pages that I had to disable Brave Shields (ad blocking) to work. This can be handled on a case by case basis.
I also have Brave installed on my iPhone and am happy with it.
My two cents: Don’t make yourself nuts. It is easy to install multiple browsers on the same machine. They should coexist without problem. You will just need to designate one as your default. Install Brave and give it a go for a few weeks.
Notes:
1) I am not a gamer. Just email, web browsing, streaming podcasts and an occasional Zoom video conference. All work fine.
2) My OS is Windows 10.
Seems to be a common observation
This can be handled on a case by case basis.
So, once one "un-Shields" a website, does Brave remember that, or does the site have to be unblocked every time one goes back to it?