[bengoodger]

While we acknowledge some people might think they want this feature, it's been something we've been unexcited about helping them with it for the reasons stated. Having the ability to quickly deploy security fixes is fundamental to Chrome's ethos. This is as close to a point of religion for the Chrome team as you can get.

[tyingq]

I suspect IT customers actually wanted something in between the two extremes. Your existing IT customers may feel okay about it now, but could change their minds if, for example, a fairly drastic UI change is pushed out.