[lxgr]

> if this were truly important, someone would've done it

That's basically a variant of the efficient market hypothesis for open source software. I highly doubt it's accurate, for various reasons.

Things that people retrospectively consider absolutely essential and a no-brainer to prioritize get shipped years after the initial release of some software all the time.

[hot_gril]

In this case, it's probably because the alternatives are good enough, even if it's just that Firefox users open Chrome in specific instances where they want to connect to special hardware.