Remove "Switch to Brave Search" prompt

[UjCbFwtBayFM]

Description

Brave inserts a huge "Switch to Brave Search" overlay prompt every single time I open a new blank tab. Engine is already set to Brave search, which means it does not even check the current engine.

This lack of check aside, this is completely unacceptable behavior on your end to tell users they should use your search engine. Pushing your own products down people's throat is something I could expect from entities like Google or Microsoft, not Brave. REMOVE THAT. You even have the hubris to claim you don't bias or censor results.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open a new tab

Actual result:

Prompt appears

Expected result:

Brave should not suggest I switch my search engine.

Reproduces how often:

Every time I open a new tab.

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave	1.45.64 Chromium: 106.0.5249.40 (Official Build) nightly (64-bit)
Revision	fab1d91915d2722d6339aaa7f4e9ce44f1e9b103-refs/branch-heads/5249@{#442}
OS	Windows 10 Version 21H1 (Build 19043.1889)

Version/Channel Information:

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? No
• Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? N/A
• Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? Yes

Other Additional Information:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? N/A
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? N/A
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? N/A

Miscellaneous Information:

[kjozwiak]

@UjCbFwtBayFM just curious, what's your default search engine for Normal windows via brave://settings/search? For example, mine appears as the following via Nightly:

Brave inserts a huge "Switch to Brave Search" overlay prompt every single time I open a new blank tab. Engine is already set to Brave search, which means it does not even check the current engine.

If it's set as Brave, you should definitely not be seeing the above. You can also click on the X button which should dismiss the promo/panel. Once dismissed, you shouldn't see it appearing again.

Another quick question would be, what region/language are you using? You can check on Windows via:

• Settings -> Time & Language -> Language & region

For example, mine looks like the following:

Also, we definitely checked and made sure that we wouldn't show users the above promo/panel if Brave was set as the default. So if you're seeing it, it's definitely a bug and not expected behaviour. You can take a look at the checks that were made via the following issues:

• https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23724
• https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/25087
• https://github.com/brave/brave-variations/pull/348#issuecomment-1249692242

[UjCbFwtBayFM]

You can also click on the X button which should dismiss the promo/panel. Once dismissed, you shouldn't see it appearing again.

It looks like you have trouble understanding the issue here, so I will rephrase my initial statement in simple terms: this screen should NOT appear at all. There is no justification for this kind of despicable way of promoting it. The people who greenlight it are idiots that do not care about UX.

Revert this.

[Brave-Matt]

@UjCbFwtBayFM, We're all on the same team here — or at least we're supposed to be. Insults and ultimatums are not going to get your issue resolved any faster or your point across any clearer. Please keep your comments and reports civil and we'll be more than happy to listen and assist you.

Thank you.

[UjCbFwtBayFM]

@Brave-Matt Remove this feature, or loose supporters and users.

[bsclifton]

Closing as this experiment (Nightly only) should have concluded a while back and this has been disabled for a while, AFAIK

cc: @rebron