I have used Firefox since the early 2000s, and it has been frustrating to see performance get worse even as my hardware gets better. I realize that this is mainly the fault of bloated websites, but I can also see that Chrome and Safari are faster than Firefox.
I recently switched to Brave Developer Edition [1], which now supports Chrome extensions (which I need for work/pleasure). It runs circles around Firefox and Chrome, and maintains my privacy better.
Previously it was a tradeoff of getting speed (Chrome) or maintaining privacy (Firefox). For me, Brave does better on both counts, and now that it supports extensions I'm completely sold.
If Brave is running circles around Chrome for you in general, that's likely a result of cognitive bias, since last I checked it's the same rendering engine.
For pageloads Brave might do better if it blocks various stuff by default, of course.
I am quite aware of what Brave's value proposition is. Generally when people are only talking about pageload performance they say so, because there are many other performance metrics relevant to web browsers, some of which are arguably more important for most users...
I recently switched to Brave Developer Edition [1], which now supports Chrome extensions (which I need for work/pleasure). It runs circles around Firefox and Chrome, and maintains my privacy better.
Previously it was a tradeoff of getting speed (Chrome) or maintaining privacy (Firefox). For me, Brave does better on both counts, and now that it supports extensions I'm completely sold.
1: https://brave.com/download-dev/