Hm, not exactly. I’m an enthusiastic Orion user and love how well it works on macOS, but very much don’t appreciate that I now have something locking me into it.
I've (M1/16GB MBA) got my usual 40+ tabs open and Brave is only using 536MB of memory. It's rock solid. I use G-Suite/Workplace and everything has been buttery smooth since I turned off Brave's crypto/BAT notifications.
I agree that keychain is the only reason I still use Safari for some things (and perfect sync with iPhone), but I lean more on 1Password these days.
Haha yeah. M1 w/ 16 GB here as well. I just counted and I have 59 tabs open. According to Brave's task manager the GPU process alone is at 2.4 GB followed by two Gitlab tabs grouped to 894 MB (wow, killing those) and then all the others averaging maybe 90 MB. Looking at Activity Monitor I'd eyeball the sum of the processes to be maybe 4 GB.
I count Brave's emphasis on crypto as a pro and necessary for our hopefully one day ad-less future.
If you block ads without allowing the ability to donate a token you are effectively stealing from site owners and causing the rise of paywalls and other restrictions on the internet.
Putting aside legitimate qualms about Brave’s ad blocking business model, “skeezy” refers to Brave themselves showing me by default multiple home screen ads for various crypto wallet and NFT brokers. Opinions vary wildly on HN, but for me that entire scene is kissing cousins with MLM.
"If you block ads without allowing the ability to donate a token you are effectively stealing from site owners and causing the rise of paywalls and other restrictions on the internet."
* Supports both Chrome and Firefox extensions, vs. Brave supporting Chrome only.
* Not so much with the skeezy crypto emphasis.
Cons:
* Brave has a multi-year head start, and has worked all the kinks out. Sync works, etc.
* This is Apple-only. Brave works on every major device.
I won’t be leaving Brave anytime soon. But competition is a good thing, and this beta is worth keeping an eye on.