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Google may or may not lose users to Brave but on the macro level it won't be because of a niche protocol that most non-technical people associate with child porn and darknet drug markets, if they have heard of it at all.

I've actually heard really good things about Brave as a legitimate browser, haven't heard such negative reactions.

They're not saying people associate the Brave browser with child porn/illicit markets, but rather the IPFS protocol

It's not really in entrenched interests to implement IPFS. They lose a control/injection point.

For example, YouTube without the ability to log who's watching what, when, and without the ability to inject ads. Same for TikTok/Facebook/etc..

Walled gardens, even those with gently sloped walls, have few reasons to cultivate the wild beyond their control. Except maybe to show users outside the way into their garden.

If Brave already does what you want, why not use it? Safari is my primary browser, but sometimes I have to fall back to Firefox or Chrome because reasons. :-)