Very strongly worded, but yes.

Brave have had a history of controversy since their inception. Every time something happens, the CEO went on a marketing campaign across social media and drummed up enough new users to drown it out. However the attitude of the business is clear: it would take a very small sack of money for Brave to sell out its users.

If you’re going to use a Chromium web browser, there are non-commercial open source projects that don’t have a history of shady shit. However Firefox forks are better.

Not the OP, but here are some alternatives anyway.

Firefox:

• Waterfox
• Librewolf
• Mullvad Browser

Chrome:

• Ungoogled Chromium
• Iridium
• Thorium
• Vivaldi