Yes, but the Firefox forks have synchronization, which is a big plus for me

Yeah, I did some research and you’re right, Brave has a questionable reputation. They don’t really care about security and privacy as much as they care about money. Well, we only have LibreWolf =) (and maybe floorp)

What exactly is confusing you? Is it the obsession with cryptocurrency? Yes, the Brave browser is filled with crypto stuff, but it still works quite well

I tried all the browsers on my old laptop, and the brave browser proved to be the best-it's my favorite in terms of performance.

From my top browsers, Librewolf and Brave Browser are probably in first place. Librewolf is, of course, better in terms of privacy, but I like Brave Browser because it performs better. I compared their performance on an old laptop, and Brave really works better. These are two open-source browsers, and there probably aren't any better ones, in principle.