I have mixed feelings too, but for slightly different reasons: AFAICT Chrome is a power grab in the literal sense that (on macOS) it drains my battery a lot fas

I have mixed feelings too, but for slightly different reasons: AFAICT Chrome is a power grab in the literal sense that (on macOS) it drains my battery a lot faster than Safari does, for equivalent use. Not great, but bearable on a laptop; on a phone, however, that's a critical issue. So at least in that respect it has been in the users' best interests to oblige developers to use the most power-efficient browser engine.