It's not just brain drain, they refused to fix the performance issues, they refused to do something about the toolbar bloat, the browser became a nest for adwar

It's not just brain drain, they refused to fix the performance issues, they refused to do something about the toolbar bloat, the browser became a nest for adwares/malwares, a security and privacy nightmare Other than the shady tactics Google did that helped Chrome spread with the installer, for a majority of users it was a choice to stick with chrome, faster, lighter, more secure, that helped the browser grow at a fast pace