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After extended use, following an update, EVERYTHING got reset — all my user data, passwords, and bookmarks were deleted. That was about a year ago. I gave this browser a second chance, only for it to DELETE EVERYTHING AGAIN after two months of use. I lost everything I had saved during that time. I will never come back to it again.
After extended use, following an update, EVERYTHING got reset — all my user data, passwords, and bookmarks were deleted. That was about a year ago. I gave this browser a second chance, only for it to DELETE EVERYTHING AGAIN after two months of use. I lost everything I had saved during that time. I will never come back to it again.
Subject: Serious Complaint – Unauthorized Data Loss, Forced Search Engine Change & Removal of User ChoiceTo the Brave Software Team,I am writing this complaint with deep frustration regarding the unacceptable behavior of Brave Browser during a recent update. What I experienced is not just a bug — it is a direct violation of user trust and digital autonomy.Here is what happened without my consent:1. FORCED SEARCH ENGINE CHANGEMy default search engine was automatically changed to Brave Search without my permission. I never authorized this change. A browser that claims to respect user privacy and freedom should NEVER silently override user preferences. This is manipulative behavior disguised as a "feature."2. REMOVAL OF SEARCH ENGINE OPTIONSAfter the update, my list of available search engines was drastically reduced to only two options — Brave Search and Google. Previously, I had access to multiple search engines including DuckDuckGo. Limiting user choices to push your own product is anti-competitive and anti-user. This is exactly the kind of Big Tech behavior Brave claims to fight against.3. COMPLETE LOSS OF SAVED PASSWORDSAll of my saved passwords were wiped out after the update. This is a critical data loss issue. I had sensitive login credentials for multiple platforms including banking, social media, and productivity tools. Losing this data has caused real inconvenience and forced me to go through painful account recovery processes.4. FORCED LOGOUT FROM ALL WEBSITESI was logged out of every website I was signed into. Again — without any warning, without any consent dialog, without any backup option offered.This is NOT acceptable behavior from a browser that markets itself as "privacy-first" and "user-first." You are doing exactly what you claim to stand against — taking control away from users silently.Brave has a history of controversies — the 2020 affiliate link scandal where you injected your own commission links without user consent, and now this. It seems like a pattern of prioritizing Brave's business interests over user rights.My demands are simple:• Immediately stop auto-changing default search engines during updates.• Restore the full list of search engine options for all users.• Provide a proper data backup/warning mechanism before any update that modifies user data.• Issue a public acknowledgment and apology for this update's behavior.I have already shared my experience on public review platforms and community forums. I urge Brave to take this seriously — not just as a bug report, but as a trust issue.A disappointed user who expected better,Alex
Brave is an average browser, for me as a consumer, the ad blocking and other schticks is nice, but besides that it's just every other browser, their search engine is utter garbage, it's worse than Bing... food for thought.The browser is less glitchy and faster than google which is nice...But overall, it's basically just a browser that's gimmick is ad blocking.
What can I say about this pile of poop?Having multiple tabs open (and I mean 2 or 3) and it drastically slows down. And yes, I've tweaked everything I can and it's still slow.And Brave AI? Oh my goodness! It really is awful. It's wrong 99.9% of the time. Yesterday I asked it's advice on a retrace on a market trade after reaching a weekly high and likelihood point of a retrace and it stated it wouldn't retrace but keep going up. Smh...And anytime I search for anything, just a simply question about whatever, it will come back with "this is a far right, extreme website..blah...blah" instead of giving me the answer to the question I asked such as "why is this website down"?Brave browser is a slow, woke, extreme left wing biased AI that's wrong (there's a shock 🤣) 99.9% of the time.I do not advise anyone using this unless you're a purple haired, bull ring through your nose, covered in tattoos, woke, communist. You will fall in love with it because it will agree on anything you ask it. I'm swiching back to Opera.
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