Just curious, is there a strong need out there for alternative web browsers? It’s seems like there are a lot of choices already to Chrome and Firefox: eg Opera, Brave. What’s the goal of yet another web browser?
There's really only Firefox and WebKit derivatives (everything else you listed), for the most part. I'm increasingly of the opinion that duopolies don't result in good progress, so I fully support new entrants in this space, even if I think it's unlikely they'll get near the popularity needed to compete at a high level.
Andreas gets asked these questions weekly (probably daily), and answers in his FAQ. Its not to compete, or be a business.
Opera, Brave, and most other browsers besides Firefox are based on Google’s Chromium.
Safari and Orion are based on WebKit. WebKit and Chromium are quite different these days.
Someone could have said the same around media players, there's Windows Media Player, Quicktime etc.
Thankfully VLC didn't listen, and we have a marvel today to thank for it.
Also some would say MPC is a great improvement over VLC even though no one really thought they needed one at the time