It seems possible that Brave are building Brave Pro, which looks like its a subscription based service of some kind. A note on the Android implementation of the project reads (GitHub link):
"Implement the required runtime changes (profile settings, chrome flags, group policies, etc.) with the appropriate values that enable the Brave Pro experience. Using Brave in this mode with its default settings and making changes to the Brave Pro defaults require an active paid subscription.
When the browser has no active credentials for Brave Pro, the panel UI will promote the service and include the initial payment CTA. When credentials are present the panel UI will include the appropriate toggles for making changes to the default settings."
It also links to a private Google Doc.
i still use brave search because they are the only privacy-oriented search to have their own index. Unless someone can correct me. but then they screwed up a beautiful thing with the LLM garbage, so idk if i can stand to use it anymore honestly.
The browser sucks and is bloated. they have some really good ideas in it, but it’s mixed in with so much crap.
Also the Google Doc is hilarious.