I wouldn't call Brave the next Chrome. Most people still use Chrome because they either don't care or aren't tech literate enough to install an alternative browser. I recommend it because it's one of the browsers that I use and it just werks. It has it's own built in adblocker that is fairly robust without breaking websites. When used in combination with uBlock it nukes 95% of ads and annoyances from internet browsing, including youtube ads, without needing to install and configure a lot of addons as would need to be done with Chrome or a Firefox fork.