As is Firefox, and Chrome.

So really, there's no point in singling it out.

It's strange you're so adamant to label Brave adware while dismissing concerns that Firefox engages in very similar "adware" practices.

It might be adware but I’ve actually never noticed the ads!

Also it’s the only browser on my phone that I can use to browse the web without ads…

When we're talking about reasons to switch browsers, then saying they both have the same behavior is not whataboutism. It's extremely important context to the complaint.