Privacy, speed, stability, compatibility, availability.

At least there is no crypto/ad model there.

I'm not a crypto fan so I don't use it. It is easily ignored and has no effect unless you choose to enable it.

Seems to me like FF is still better option here.

Seems to me FF is beholden to and needs to appease Google. This is why they talk privacy but don't offer it by default.

Brave doesn't suffer from these "political" contradictions and complications that run counter to user interests.