Here is my story, just to give you another perspective:
Yes, there are bugs and there are glitches with the rewards system but all in all I am a happy user of Brave and all issues I’ve stumbled upon have been resolved by the Brave team so far.
I’m now using it as my main browser on my Mac, my Android phone as well as my Android tablet and it works very fine for me incl. syncs, rewards etc.
I’ve earned about 1000 BAT so far just by using the rewards system and referring it to some friends and family members – yes, others have earned way more but for me this translates to about 200+ Euros which is quite an amount for just using it. (I could have certainly earned way more if I would have more than a handful of social media followers…)
As said, there have been glitches and I once lost about 20 BAT due to a Brave bug but they have been refunded by the Brave team as soon as I wrote them an email). And yes, there are still some things a tiny bit buggy with the payouts (delays, some issues while displaying wrong numbers but nothing really lost) and all in all it is getting better every month.
So, to sum up: if you don’t freak out if there’s some glitch and follow up with them then everything is fine. We’re still dealing with a very young and ambitious project and for me the rewards system is still in a kind of beta stage but it works nonetheless.
If you think that you are getting ripped off then don’t use it – but if you apply some common sense and don’t expect to get rich just by using the rewards system then it completely fulfills it’s purpose: privacy, ad blocking and earnings by more respectful ads than websites being plastered with time-consuming ads & trackers.
As said: it works for me and I am quite happy with it 