I switched over to the Brave browser 4 years ago and I have to say it's been an upgrade on the Safari, Chrome and Firefox, but we're not completely out of the water. It's still very much a Chrome product, with a few bells and whistles. 

I do appreciate the ad blocker the most, it's been great for both websites and social media where i've set up custom blockers so I hardly see an ad on the internet

If sites prompt me to remove my blocker I leave, lol you're not getting my eye balls I am sorry. So it has been a vast improvement on my experience on the web, for both my desktop and mobile browsing experience. 

## TALK ABOUT THE MONEY????

But that's not what you want to hear about, you want to hear about how much you can earn using Brave, well I don't think that's much, if we look at it. I have been fortunate, having used it for four years so I am sure I got more tokens than most people using Brave.

![braveearnings.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmdsygZvQZJKEwFQmRr6cZr6mXfvgDn6oTR9RrhxkgMk1y/brave-earnings.png)
|Year|Earning (BAT)|USD|
|-|-|-|
|2019|44,03181906|$30.8|
|2020|335,7732741|$235|
|2021|65,3815|$45.76|
|2022|6,8655|$4.80|

- Total: 452,0520932 BAT
- Value in USD: 452,0520932 x $0.705344 = $316
- Value in Sats: 452,0520932 X 1780 sats = BTC 0.00804560

If we exclude the $4.80 I made this year and divide by 36 months, then my average monthly return for using Brave is $8.60 hardly worth running home to but I guess it's better than nothing. 

## Brave rewards are KYC and overly complex

Earning BAT, many people I've seen would send it to a site like Celsius to try and earn interest, but that became harder as BAT uses Ethereum so unless you've earned a sizable amount it's a waste of time.

I do like the Brave model I just don't like the token, think how much easier it would have been if they just added lightning and liquid support and started running ads that way.

I am sure what I earned in fiat would have been worth far more if they did. 

What's also a bit of a bother for me is to redeem your rewards it has to go through a service like Uphold where you need to KYC and dox yourself to pick up a few pennies. If Brave is about privacy then why do we need to do this? 

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## Soon to be moving on

I have to say I have not seen much in terms of improving the product, and once [Impervious](https://www.impervious.ai/) launches I think I will be moving over to it. 

## Have your say

What do you good people of HIVE think? 

So have at it my Jessies! If you don't have something to comment, "I am a Jessie."

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