Here's what I think: It is absolutely batshit crazy that no one in Arthur's brotherhood chapter even thought to seize the technology from the Institute. Just because the research is being used to sow chaos doesn't mean that it can't be altered to serve your needs. Hell, in America Rising 2, you can do just that with the Enclave (preferably with Whitehill in charge). The Enclave, the faction with the most pre-war technology that has historically chosen to make the wasteland a worse place with it. I mean, imagine the rep you'd get from having the commonwealth boogeyman on a leash. And though the game doesn't state it, something tells me the brotherhood would have the Institute's scientists either imprisioned or executed after the place is blown to bits. You know, as opposed to having them covert to your ideology (because not all of them are amoral little shits). Then there's the mojave chapter of the brotherhood, good lord, what were they thinking picking a fight with the NCR (the faction with so much territory, guns, etc). And what a good idea to not utilize more useful technologies. I don't have anything to say about the California Brotherhood, the Tactics Brotherhood, or the Appalachian Brotherhood.

The cause itself is noble. The interpretation and execution of the Brotherhood's mission by the various chapters leaves something to be desired.

I said "Could Do with Changes " as many members no matter their ranking have voiced different views compared to Elder Maxson. While former members whether they return or are exiled share similar views that although the BOS is useful in ways they are mostly comprised of one agenda and not solely the betterment of the people. It's the primary reason I back the Minutemen but have a technical alliance with the BOS as they're more favorable allies when compared to the Railroad. In modern terms I'd compare them to a Private Military Company just on a way expanded scale.

Whilst the cause is noble, it is a long lasting one there is only so much technology that they can horde before they start to attack each other or just run out of it. Also if a faction is more technologically advanced than them they destroy it which is a big mistake, they could have used the technology of the institute to better provide for themselves instead of strong arming others for supplies also they literally detonated a nuclear device something which they claimed is far too dangerous.

A small number of people hoarding resources is half of humanity's issues throughout history. The Brotherhood just applies a military shtick to it, and their version is a form of government that leads to dead ends at multiple levels of command because each chapter is kind of a mini-dictator army, as they never really suffer consequences for breaking their own "rules" and they change from chapter to chapter. Some BoS are just fancy raiders.

I think the idea of the faction is neat but they're like, not what they claim to be at every turn, and I have yet to see a BoS with the future of humanity actually in their head and not a hollow mission statement. They hoard tech to use that tech to hoard more tech and crush any opposition, unless the leader of that chapter is chill, I guess.

The implications are teetering on the from protecting for others. To dominating everyone else's technological development. To abusing technology themselves to benefit themselves only.

Since the basis of technological development is improving or taking something previous and making modifications. The BoS taking what they deem to be necessary which also means they seek to control it themselves not share it. Weapons is one thing but when it comes to things like water purification, more safe/energy sources. Vehicles and military bases that have since been settled in by locals. That is when the BoS ideals is tested to its limits.

F3-The BoS has internal division over the BoS ideals and goals resulting in the Outcasts. Some believe it is there responsibility as the BoS to sue there tech responsibly and help other. While the others believe doing such is not the goals of the BoS and is against the BoS objective as a whole.

FNV-The Mojave BoS as a result of it's tenants results in conflict with a growing power which not only defeated them, shown a new problem. Which is the wall the BoS made for itself leads to easy conflict of interests as well as isolationism that they barely are able to get out of if things are not in there favor. While the NCR grows ever more with time, money, population, access to tech, and quality of life, the BoS is isolated as ever.

F4-Shows the very different opposite approach compared to F3 and and FNV. Not only acrively openly getting into the affairs of regional power dynamic, they also are nor isolating itself to a certain interactions with the Commonwealth. Where they come in purposefully under the gause of helping and protecting but under the armor you see the personal vendetta Maxon has imposed on the BoS. Making the Synths an abomination of man's creation, and the Ghouls whom saw first hand or the effects of Radiation are more evil than the raider born 20 years ago pillaging settlements. Which makes it also a personal war against the Institute. One of the most if not one of the last most advanced groups in post-War America, and Maxon wants to eliminate them because of his perception of BoS "preserving technology" but eradicating new ones.

Even if it means destroying technologies that could save mankind

Just to eliminate any misconception about the BoS destroying Institute tech: the BoS don't believe that all technology is worth saving, they believe that technology that cannot be controlled is dangerous. See the Great War. The BoS consider that once a technological development outpaces humanity's ability to control that technology it is not worth saving, as it can result in greater destruction than it would good. Nuclear weaponry and artificial intelligence are the two developments we've seen them apply that philosophy to.

We also see in the main questline that the Brotherhood of Steel does try to rip data out from the Institute's network before exploding the place. So it's not that they're destroying every bit of information the Institute has discovered for the last two centuries.

The idea? Great. How they carry it out? Makes me wanna pop their balloon and bomb their bunker

^ very true the principles of the brotherhood are what draw people to it, the reality is what makes me want to burn all of them