I fully understand why the change was made, and also that the current product is not the final. I am hanging on, testing and reporting, because I know that this is not the final product. I understand what you mean by “majority of features are already present,” but unfortunately, many of them are so because they’re present in every browser. I still contend that about half of the features that made Brave special are still missing. Never lose sight of the fact that little details in the user experience which are not part of any lofty goals can nonetheless become a huge part of the identity of a product, and should be preserved during a code transition.
For now, I’m going to just hang back and see what happens. I still believe in the goals, and the character of the development team. I simply wanted to impress on them the urgency of achieving parity quickly to avoid disillusioning people who aren’t going to investigate things deeply, and understand this fully.