Brave has some peculiarities that make it very interesting and competitive.
One of the main reasons is that Brave is built on the Chromium platform.Brave is free to use.
The company earns its revenue thanks to an innovative model where users can enable ads on certain sites and earn Basic Attention Token (BAT) to view paid content.
This represents a reinvention of the online advertising market and is an ambitious attempt to return power over advertising content to users.
But in addition, there are four more aspects in which Brave Browser excels: security, speed, rewards and privacy.
It is an agile tool designed to intelligently protect against tracking.
It also comes with built-in ad blockers, HTTPS redirect and other privacy 'tips'.
Because it removes many of the scripts and images associated with ads on the web, sites that run on Brave load much faster: up to twice as fast on the desktop and eight times on the mobile.
But let's look at each of these features in more detail.
Security
This browser has a wide range of security functions.
The security menu, located to the right of the address bar, offers an excellent summary of everything that is blocked or allowed on the open page and also allows you to control its configuration, being able to manage points such as tracking protection, force HTTPS connections
and block scripts, cookies and device recognition.
By default, the browser uses HTTPS Everywhere to force websites to use secure connections.
If you disable it or enter a website that does not offer the protocol, you are presented with a clear warning that includes a symbol and text that says "not safe."
The built-in ad blocker is also great for security because the ads can be vehicles for 'malware' or trackers.
In addition, you can set a password to protect your logins saved on the mobile, which keeps your data safe in case of loss or theft of the phone.
Speed
Another aspect in which Brave excels is speed. Brave remains at 1.24Mb.
In addition, it does not support banner ads and ad trackers, allowing a website to load, it claims on its website, up to 8 times faster than any other browser.
But, despite these advertising restrictions, the ‘brave’ browser allows the display of textual ads in the Google search result and other types of less weighty and intrusive content.
Aesthetics and customization
Aesthetics is another of the strong points, it offers an interesting dark mode on all the platforms on which it is available.
In addition, it is also a very versatile tool in terms of customization options.
Among others, you can choose the search engine, although DuckDuckGo is the default because it is the safest.
You can also choose a wallpaper in the Brave Web Store, with many alternatives: from abstract art to wonderful landscapes.
Functionality
As for functionality, it is possible to install any Google Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store.