5 stars: Doesn't let you manually set a Search Engine, doesn't seem to work with QUIC properly even after enabling it in the browser and running quic a dns and connection. Still a great browser overall and works well with adguard, just have to keep going back to homepage to use my preferred search engine which brave doesn't seem to be able to detect to add as an engine.
4 stars: the browser itself is great and it's the only way I've found to block annoying YouTube ads on Android. Doesn't hog resources. It loses one star for constantly opening new tabs every time I do something, I don't want a new tab unless I open one, if there's a way to prevent that from happening I haven't found it.
3 stars: Been a loyal user for years now but the app is starting to have some problems. After a few days, my browser fails to load my bookmarks (and I can't make new ones) until I delete all tabs and exit out of it completely. Youtube no longer works with picture in picture which is a shame. Other than that, it's a great browser
2 stars: Update: docking ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ due to browser now randomly, repetitively flipping back to a previously viewed page. The longer this persists...frequency is increasing. Original: Does it consistently, and reliably Blocks ads? Yes! In-app Dark theme / night mode (white text on black background) across nearly every website? Yes!! Great UI? Yes! Does it crash often like chrome and others? NO!! Result: Best browser available.
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