Why two different versions of Brave?

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why have they removed the ‘sync’ function?

A quick search would tell you…

Brave Sync v2 soon available in Nightly, will disable Sync v1

Hello, Community! Within the next two weeks, Brave Sync v2 will release in our Nightly version, replacing Sync v1. Brave Sync v1 will no longer be supported. Sync v2 fixes several underlying issues in the code, and adds additional data types to be synced across devices. Sync v2 also provides an improved User Interface. Sync v2 will first be available on Android and Desktop, with iOS to follow soon after. Users will be notified of the change based on the Brave channel and version installed. Whe…