The tone may be flippant, but I was serious. Google's M.O. is to expand their reach into as many corners of our lives as possible. Having devices that can't run

The tone may be flippant, but I was serious. Google's M.O. is to expand their reach into as many corners of our lives as possible. Having devices that can't run Javascript on Chrome is an impediment to that goal, and so I'm sure the marching orders were to find a way to make it work. It is already acknowledged that some upcoming work will be done to improve areas that are still too slow.