I use Brave some time now, and the browser itself is pretty nice because of its well working ad blocking feature and chrome base (being compatible with chrome addon store).
However, I'm just disappointed by BAT, and I'm gonna tell you why.
Back when I started using Brave 2 years ago, the rewards were high and the ads were low.
Today (approx. the last 12 months), it's the other way round. I now get about 2 BAT per month by browsing more than ever and getting more ads than before.
To get that into perspective, at the beginning of my Brave usage there were months where I claimed 30+ BAT and only got a very moderate amount of ads.
The Ad frequency (up to 5x per hour) is unchanged since my first usage.
Other, actually much more concerning things than the ad/reward system about BAT are
1. the "strange" behavior of the wallet.
- My wallets were wiped to zero 2x, both on Windows and on Android on different times. The missing BAT are nowhere to be found until today (no, I do not have auto-contribute or auto-tipping enabled).
- Claiming often fails and BATs aren't credited, only the claim date gets forwarded one month (yes, I always have the browsers updated to their newest versions).
Reddit admins/Devs say the rewards are still added to your wallet later, but I didn't see any of the failed BAT for months now.
- Up to a certain time you could (and were urged to) see and backup your mnemonic seed for your wallet. It's gone. Instead, you don't have any control over your wallet anymore (for example backing up/restoring on another device),
but you're forced to connect with Uphold (which I never did. A calm "nope" to that business practice at this point). That's a BIG step in the wrong direction.
2. all of the above problems mentioned on the official reddit either get you insignificantly put off, ignored or banned. I wasn't the only one pointing out these problems over there, so I guess the fault is not on my end.
I'll continue to use the browser, but the BAT-part is just too buggy/unreliable/annoying for my taste.