
It’s still in beta, but Brave seems to be focusing on creating a minimal viable product without an identity of its own. The core of Brave Payments is already implemented as a Chromium browser extension (WebExtension), and could have been made compatible with existing browsers including Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, and others rather than making it its own thing. Wouldn’t it be easier to convince potential customers to install an extension to supplement the web browser they already like than convincing them to change all their habits, and uproot and move to a new web browser?

I believe Brave Software made a big mistake when they choose to build a browser rather than an extension, and here’s why. There isn’t all that much innovation in the Brave browser itself except for the Brave Payments system that rewards the websites users are willing to pay for.
