Can’t fault a tech company chasing growth and differentiation for changing gears and direction. Tech is cut throat.
The way these companies ride one hype cycle (Brave started with cryptocurrency micro-payments, for example) to the next, leaves a lot to be desired for early adopters. And that’s a problem, because technology products only gradually go mainstream; unless it is a groundbreaking invention like ChatGPT, then products chasing rapid growth, as opposed to gradual, usually rely on some form of network effect (ex) leading to all sorts of dark patterns. It seems some of these same companies have shorter product cycles & patience to gradually build things brick by brick.
The next time anyone (looking at you phl00t0 ; ) faults under-resourced FOSS projects for winding down, remind them that well-resourced products are no exception![1]
Either way, unfortunate, but c’est la vie.