This says it was released at the end of 2004

https://rubyonrails.org/2005/12/13/rails-1-0-party-like-its-one-oh-oh

People should stay far away from Brave.

Brandon Eich’s controversial past and opinions:

https://www.theverge.com/2014/4/3/5579516/outfoxed-how-protests-forced-mozillas-ceo-to-resign-in-11-days

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26868536

Anti-vaxxer and far-right conspiracies:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/brave-brendan-eich-covid-19.html

https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1337496169690230784

https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/khmbvl/do_you_feel_that_brendan_should_step_back_from/

https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1538253982845399040

Privacy related:

https://www.lifewire.com/brave-browser-falls-short-of-its-promises-of-privacy-5206799

Brave automatically redirected searches to affiliated versions which they profited from:

https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/brave-browser-affiliate-links-crypto-privacy-ceo-apology

Brave collected donations on content creators behalf without consent:

https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-browser-no-longer-claims-to-fundraise-on-behalf-of-others-so-thats-nice/

Brave leaked Tor/Onion service requests through DNS:

https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/lndfms/more_in_comments_brave_browser_leaks_your_tor/

Brave sent unsolicited marketing mail to users, though they claimed it was anonymous:

https://twitter.com/sebmck/status/1531740563900448769

https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/t4gzuw/update_on_braves_ongoing_direct_mail_marketing/

Brave temporarily whitelisted certain Facebook and Twitter trackers without telling users:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19129309