Mostly it’s their attitude to controversy.
Brave has had several major issues over the past few years and they didn’t reverse course until press got bad enough for them to make a statement and try for damage control. This includes:
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Replacing ads on websites with their own, and collecting that revenue
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Inserting their own referral codes into auto complete when users navigate to Binance
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Installing an extra VPN service on Windows machines without user consent
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Sending DNS requests to the local ISP when in TOR mode effectively removing protection against spying
On top of all that, it’s based on Chromium, which means that Google is in control of their upstream source code.
I honestly prefer Valve’s method. You as a consumer should be reading what you’re buying before you purchase anyway, and you can still use their refund system if you somehow missed the warning.
Removing unfinished games from the storefront just increases the amount of lost media out there. These projects should be available for as long as possible simply for archival reasons.