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Trying to install as directed, my Terminal output contains the following:

user@user-computer:~$ snap install brave --beta

The program 'snap' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:

sudo apt install snapd

user@user-computer:~$ sudo apt install snapd

[sudo] password for user: 

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:

  ibus-mozc libllvm3.8 libmircommon5 linux-headers-4.4.0-21

  linux-headers-4.4.0-21-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-93

  linux-headers-4.4.0-93-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-96

  linux-headers-4.4.0-96-generic linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic

  linux-image-4.4.0-93-generic linux-image-4.4.0-96-generic

  linux-image-extra-4.4.0-21-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-93-generic

  linux-image-extra-4.4.0-96-generic

Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.

The following additional packages will be installed:

  squashfs-tools

The following NEW packages will be installed:

  snapd squashfs-tools

0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.

Need to get 8,625 kB of archives.

After this operation, 41.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.

Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

Get:1 http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/ubuntu xenial/main i386 squashfs-tools i386 1:4.3-3ubuntu2 [111 kB]

Get:2 http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 snapd i386 2.28.5 [8,514 kB]

Fetched 8,625 kB in 2s (4,261 kB/s) 

Selecting previously unselected package squashfs-tools.

(Reading database ... 265067 files and directories currently installed.)

Preparing to unpack .../squashfs-tools_1%3a4.3-3ubuntu2_i386.deb ...

Unpacking squashfs-tools (1:4.3-3ubuntu2) ...

Selecting previously unselected package snapd.

Preparing to unpack .../archives/snapd_2.28.5_i386.deb ...

Unpacking snapd (2.28.5) ...

Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...

Setting up squashfs-tools (1:4.3-3ubuntu2) ...

Setting up snapd (2.28.5) ...

user@user-computer:~$ snap install brave --beta

error: snap "brave" not found (at least in channel "beta")

user@user-computer:~$ 

(/usr/lib/firefox/firefox:3115): dconf-WARNING **: Unable to open /var/lib/menu-xdg/dconf/profile/user: Permission denied

Is the problem that my laptop is 32-bit and this software is 64-bit? Should I change the server to a different country? (How would I do that?)

I suspect the answer is that there is no 32-bit version available, that snap automatically takes into account my processor type, and hence there are no installation files in the 32-bit channel.

At the official Brave web browser download website it says that Brave web browser for Linux is only available for 64-bit architecture operating systems, so there is no 32-bit version available for your operating system. For 64-bit architecture OSs the command to install the brave snap package is:

sudo snap install brave   

Brave is fast, lightweight, and includes advanced ad tracker blocking controls. Brave includes HTTPS Everywhere integration, blocks cookie capture, script blocking is built-in, and features a decent ad blocker.

Brave browser blocks a lot of pop-up windows that can make browsing a frustrating and unpleasant experience. Most of the time this is a good thing unless you are visiting a website that serves some of its content as links that when clicked open up overlay pop-up windows on the same page. Brave browser will sometimes not open these pop-up windows even when the link is clicked. If you want to see the pop-up window you need to open the same webpage in another web browser.

Question: Is using snap the best way to install Brave on Ubuntu?

I had update problems after following that approach.
I uninstalled the snap version because of the recommendation here:

https://snapcraft.io/brave

The approach recommended on the snapcraft.io page is here:

https://brave-browser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing-brave.html