How do I stop Brave from updating itself silently and reinstalling a VPN service I never wanted in the first place?

It’s most likely a chatgpt response.

Whatever answer bothers you most.

This is literally every single software with big tech flavor

Exactly. We are kind of stuck with Brave.

I couldn’t care less. It’s you that feels the need to attach your own identity to a fucking web browser of all things, lol. Best of luck to ya…