I agree with you that if what he was asking for was specific to users who disable cookies and javascript it wouldn't make much sense for the chrome team to spen

I agree with you that if what he was asking for was specific to users who disable cookies and javascript it wouldn't make much sense for the chrome team to spend a lot of time on it. That being said, it seems like the APIs for this (that is, ones for modifying browser settings instead of interacting with site content) would have a ton of uses beyond just disabling cookies and javascript. Although as someone mentioned below, it looks like they're at least on the "Wish List".