[r3bl]

I find it hard to believe that tech-savvy people click on something on a new tab page instead of doing Ctrl+T -> first two letters -> enter.

Since there's a whole lot of space to fill in while doing that, it might as well show you a pretty picture and some task or something.

I would consider a completely white page as a waste of screen estate.

[bizzleDawg]

Spliting hairs here, but it's not about clicking something, it's about changing what those first 2 letters typed are.

Call me a minimalist (or whatever else you'd like), but "might as well" isn't a good enough reason to add distractions for me.