"Go back over the last 12 months - are you honestly trying to tell me that there were no ad networks serving ads containing Flash exploits? And that's only one

"Go back over the last 12 months - are you honestly trying to tell me that there were no ad networks serving ads containing Flash exploits? And that's only one area they appear." You're missing the point. Considering that nearly everyone has flash, most people don't update it, and Chrome forces you to always have the latest security patches (AND it can be disabled AND it can be click-to-enable plugin), they're protecting users, literally as much as possible. It's certainly better than the Firefox model which is what it's being compared to...