[ctz]

It makes sense once you realise that Chrome and Google benefit from increasing the complexity of web browsers. It means that new browsers cannot feasibly compete. It's basically an arms race of "how much mental shit can we throw in there"?

[stephenr]

I understand why they do it (I think it's probably more about pushing the idea of a browser as the thing people use for everything than competition with other browsers TBH), but I definitely wouldn't say it "makes sense".