The main issue with hard forking is keeping up with Google's unrelenting firehose of changes, many of which have serious security implications, which is going t

The main issue with hard forking is keeping up with Google's unrelenting firehose of changes, many of which have serious security implications, which is going to become more and more difficult as the fork diverges. Maintaining an original web engine is certainly no simple task, but it's more reasonable than having to deal with the output of a much larger and more well-funded team.