I don't get the point behind having a "home page". Maybe if I owned an active website or blog, I'd have reason to start there. Maybe. The last thing I want is

I don't get the point behind having a "home page". Maybe if I owned an active website or blog, I'd have reason to start there. Maybe. The last thing I want is additional startup latency, so I set my home page to about:blank. Am I missing something? Maybe this is fodder for Ask-HN.