Why hackers moved from Brave to Helium

1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.

Brave 1 hacker criticizes it
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Helium 3 hackers recommend it

What hackers said about the move

“I switched from Brave to try it out and works pretty great.”
designed, 2025-12-18original comment ↗

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Brave vs Helium

BraveHelium
Hackers who recommend33
Hackers who criticize12
Moved away from it20
Moved to it23

Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.

Criticism of Brave

“Chromium-based browsers like Opera, Brave, Vivaldi, and Chrome each have their own Sync service, their own closed and non-interoperable standard.”
ponchale, 2026-05-10original comment ↗

Praise for Helium

“I recently switched from Arc to Helium but it's still Chrome with different paint.”
NetOpWibby, 2026-08-01original comment ↗
“I've recently moved from Firefox to Helium after 10+ years.”
airstrike, 2026-05-05original comment ↗

Other moves from Brave

Other moves to Helium