Thanks for the explanation, but: I Protest.
There are neither privacy nor security for those who will not Advance to learn it, maintain it, use it.
You say, “extremely costly to implement”.
That rings a bell with “requires more and more resources” at “Retire stack layout UI for tabs overview mode #21005”:
Tabs, as they were functioning for many Brave Browser users, were changed back in March, raising a storm.
@clifton has said, that the Tabs issue is being reconsidered.
And I hope that you will maintain the granular controls that Shields offered.
The Shields panel (up to Brave Browser v1.37.116) was almost a trademark of Brave’s privacy and security: tools that worked, and at hand.
Being able to quickly see what Brave Browser > site-specific Shields panel indcates as Blocked, matters to @reederm and his work:
** No Longer Able to See Names of Trackers Blocked in Shield**
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January 2021 - an example of Brave deprecating an important factor of Shields:
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